1/ Today in Science, we train a neural net from scratch through the eyes and ears of one child. The model learns to map words to visual referents, showing how grounded language learning from just one child's perspective is possible with today's AI tools. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited to see our Centaur project out in nature. TL;DR: Centaur is a computational model that predicts and simulates human behavior for any experiment described in natural language.

The compling group at UT Austin (sites.utexas.edu/compling/) is looking for PhD students! Come join me, Kyle Mahowald, and Jessy Li as we tackle interesting research questions at the intersection of ling, cogsci, and ai! Some topics I am particularly interested in:

All of us (Kyle Mahowald, Kanishka Misra 🌊 and me) are looking for PhD students this cycle! If computational linguistics/NLP is your passion, join us at UT Austin! For my areas see jessyli.com

Announcing the 2026 Microsoft Research Fellowship, a program that creates opportunities for faculty, PhD students, and postdocs to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance science and benefit society. Submit proposals by Dec 2: