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This 32-minute Stanford University talk explores the development of Genie, a public AI assistant system designed to perform interactive tasks with developer control. Learn how the Stanford Open Virtual Assistant Lab, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Stanford HAI, addresses the limitations of direct LLM prompting for complex tasks. Discover the innovative Genie Worksheet system that gives developers complete control over agent actions, with practical case studies including a course advisor and research grant writing tool. Speaker Harshit Joshi presents this cutting-edge work, recorded at Stanford University on February 14, 2025, with additional resources available at the Genie website and in the referenced research paper.
