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Rohan Taori is a leading voice in the foundational shift of artificial intelligence, focusing on the development and implications of large-scale, general-purpose models. He is best known for his seminal co-authorship of the highly influential report "On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models" (2021), which has garnered over 2,100 citations. This work coined the term "foundation models" to describe powerful, broadly-trained systems like BERT and GPT-3, while critically examining their capabilities, limitations, and societal risks—a paper that has become a cornerstone of modern AI discourse. Building on this, Taori’s recent research pioneers the next frontier: moving from static models to dynamic, agent-based systems. His work on the "Interactive Agent Foundation Model" introduces a novel multi-task training paradigm designed to create holistic, interactive AI agents capable of operating in open-world environments. Through this research, Taori is actively shaping the transition from task-specific tools to generalist agents, positioning him as a key architect of the future of embodied and interactive AI.