micro1 research

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February 2026

Article

AI is becoming more human than ever

February 2026

Article

The Execution Gap in Enterprise AI

Generalist human data is still needed, more than ever

February 2026

Article

Generalist human data is still needed, more than ever

January 2026

Article

The U.S. MUST win the AI race

Human data will be a $1 trillion/year market

January 2026

Article

Human data will be a $1 trillion/year market

The critical role of human data in enterprise AI adoption

December 2025

Article

The critical role of human data in enterprise AI adoption

The Next Productivity Engine: Humanoid Robots and Beyond

December 2025

Research

The Next Productivity Engine: Humanoid Robots and Beyond

Safety Without Over-Refusal: Toward “Safe and Helpful” Model Behavior Through Competence Under Constraint

December 2025

Research

Safety Without Over-Refusal: Toward “Safe and Helpful” Model Behavior Through Competence Under Constraint

Human Expertise: The Engine Behind the AI Data Revolution

December 2025

Article

Human Expertise: The Engine Behind the AI Data Revolution

Operational Excellence in Human Data: Best Practices for High Stakes Healthcare and Legal AI Projects

December 2025

Article

Operational Excellence in Human Data: Best Practices for High Stakes Healthcare and Legal AI Projects

How AI-powered recruitment defies expectations about inclusion and transparency

September 2025

Article

How AI-powered recruitment defies expectations about inclusion and transparency

Uncovering Candidate Potential with Multi-Modal AI Assessments

September 2025

Research

Uncovering Candidate Potential with Multi-Modal AI Assessments

Better Together: Quantifying the Beneﬁts of AI-Assisted Recruitment

July 2025

Research

Better Together: Quantifying the Beneﬁts of AI-Assisted Recruitment

Evaluating Speech-to-Text × LLM × Text-to-Speech Combinations for AI Interview Systems

July 2025

Research

Evaluating Speech-to-Text × LLM × Text-to-Speech Combinations for AI Interview Systems

Zara: An LLM-based Candidate Interview Feedback System

April 2025

Research

Zara: An LLM-based Candidate Interview Feedback System

Hiring with AI doesn't have to be so inhumane

March 2025

Article

Hiring with AI doesn't have to be so inhumane

August 2025

Article

Introducing Ava, the most accurate proctoring model, catching 93% of cheaters.

model releases

zara-1.3 model

AI interview model trained on thousands of human interviews

Released on Jan 21st, 2025

ava-1.1 model

proctoring model trained on 30,000 cheating probability human labeled data points

Released on Aug 2nd, 2025

Research team

Led by Professor Stefano Ermon, Stanford Nima Yazdani, PhD USC Shahab Mousavi, PhD Stanford Mark Esposito, Professor Harvard Amirhossein Afsharrad, PhD Stanford Ali Ansari, MS Stanford Aarush Gupta, CS UC Berkeley Aruj Mahajan, Prev Apple

Collaborators

Profess Emil Palikot, Stanford Professor Ada Aka, Stanford Sri Jaladi, MS @ Stanford Pavan Kumar, Prev Tata Consultancy Milan Vachhani, PhD SVNIT

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AI is becoming more human than ever

The Execution Gap in Enterprise AI

Generalist human data is still needed, more than ever

The U.S. MUST win the AI race

Human data will be a $1 trillion/year market

The critical role of human data in enterprise AI adoption

The Next Productivity Engine: Humanoid Robots and Beyond

Safety Without Over-Refusal: Toward “Safe and Helpful” Model Behavior Through Competence Under Constraint

Human Expertise: The Engine Behind the AI Data Revolution

Operational Excellence in Human Data: Best Practices for High Stakes Healthcare and Legal AI Projects

How AI-powered recruitment defies expectations about inclusion and transparency

Uncovering Candidate Potential with Multi-Modal AI Assessments

Better Together: Quantifying the Beneﬁts of AI-Assisted Recruitment

Evaluating Speech-to-Text × LLM × Text-to-Speech Combinations for AI Interview Systems

Zara: An LLM-based Candidate Interview Feedback System

Hiring with AI doesn't have to be so inhumane

Introducing Ava, the most accurate proctoring model, catching 93% of cheaters.

model releases

Research team

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