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Founding director of Stanford's Center for Research on Foundation Models; creator of SQuAD and HELM
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Feb 2026 — Oct 2026
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Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior
arXivresearchpositiveFeb 2, 2026
Generative agents powered by large language models can simulate believable human behavior including memory, reflection, and social interaction in interactive environments.
“Author of "Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior" on arXiv”
AI AgentsGenerative AIFoundation ModelsNLP
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Researchers Kaiyue Wen, Tengyu Ma and Percy Liang
arXivpositiveOct 9, 2026
“Co-author of research evaluating language models' capability to generate novel research ideas.”
Simile raises $200M to simulate human behavior for enterprise decisions
RuntimeWirecautiousSep 15, 2026
“Co-founder of Simile; directs Stanford's Center for Research on Foundation Models.”
AI startup raises $200M to simulate Earth's eight billion people
simile.compositiveAug 3, 2026
“Founding director of Stanford's Center for Research on Foundation Models; creator of SQuAD and HELM”
AI hiring tools don't just discriminate — they reject you everywhere at once
Stanford HAInegativeJun 28, 2026
“Percy Liang co-authored Stanford HAI's large-scale study of hiring algorithms showing racial bias and market concentration concerns.”
The inevitable need for an open model consortium
InterconnectscautiousApr 13, 2026
“Lead of Marin project for fully-open models; discussed the need for open model consortiums.”