About
Benjamin Laufer studies AI ecosystems: the networks of interacting actors, models, platforms and firms that collectively shape AI. His research uses tools from network science, game theory, statistics, and ethics, law and policy to build models and measurements for understanding these systems and their social implications. His recent work examines how foundation models are adapted and deployed, how risks and failures propagate through systems, and how regulation can shape incentives across these ecosystems. Laufer received his B.S.E. from Princeton University in Operations Research and Financial Engineering and his Ph.D. in Information Science at Cornell Tech.