4 papers
Estimating time spent on work tasks
Stephane Hatgis-Kessell, Tomás Aguirre, Alexander Wan +1
The task-based framework in economics models occupations as bundles of tasks. It is the standard lens for understanding how technology affects work: a new technology changes the co…
Economic Evaluations of Language Models
Alexander Wan, Stephane Hatgis-Kessell, Tomás Aguirre +2
Language models perform economically valuable work, yet they are not currently assessed for how well they perform every economically valuable task. We introduce EconEvals as an ope…
The 2025 Foundation Model Transparency Index
Alexander Wan, Kevin Klyman, Sayash Kapoor +5
Foundation model developers are among the world's most important companies. As these companies become increasingly consequential, how do their transparency practices evolve? The 20…
The California Report on Frontier AI Policy
Rishi Bommasani, Scott R. Singer, Ruth E. Appel +20
The innovations emerging at the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to create historic opportunities for humanity but also raise complex policy challenges. Continue…