Cornell University
Stanford University
Christopher D. ManningSenior Fellow · Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AIResearcher↗RB
Researcher · Academic · Policy
Rishi Bommasani
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AISenior Research Scholar
Bommasani helped define foundation models as a field of study and has become a leading independent evaluator of their transparency, risks and economic effects. His work connects technical measurement with evidence-based AI policy in the United States and Europe.
Career & education
Current role
Senior Research Scholar
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations29,562As of Jun 15, '26
citations+10,741Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
Selected contributions
Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models
With Jason Wei, Yi Tay, Colin Raffel, Barret Zoph, Sebastian Borgeaud, Dani Yogatama, Maarten Bosma and others ·Examined abilities that appeared in larger language models but were absent in smaller ones.
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