What we're working on, and what we don't know yet.
We look at what actually makes life stressful for people and their families, what the evidence says about where AI helps and where it doesn't, and we publish what we learn, including the questions we can't answer yet.
Latest research
WellbeingWhat the research says about where stress in working families comes from, where AI has lowered stress in high-pressure jobs, where it made things worse, and what that means for how we build Budulai.
Read the note →What the research says about AI, loneliness and human connection: where friendly AI helps, where it goes wrong, and the lines we hold Budulai to.
Read the note →Every thread on this page started as somebody's real problem: a stressful week, a lonely evening, a family stretched too thin. We build from those, not from a roadmap.
Open questions we would rather ask out loud
Where we need helpThe best evidence on AI and stress comes from workplaces like hospitals and support centers. We want to know whether a personal assistant does the same for families, and how to measure it without reading anyone's conversations.
Many people say AI tools have added to their workload. Every check-in Budulai asks for has to save more time than it costs. We are still finding where that line is.
Budulai should help you show up for the people in your life, not take their place. We are thinking carefully about what that means for how he talks and when he steps back.
Budulai currently speaks only when a decision is yours. We do not yet know whether that is too quiet in the first month.
Security researchers and privacy counsel: we would like to hear from you. Get in touch.
Nothing that sends, deletes or overwrites runs unless you have said it can. That is the one rule we will not trade for a release date.
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