Epoch AI
Tracks AI models, chips and data centers, and publishes the Epoch Capabilities Index and FrontierMath. Its data is free to reuse with credit (CC BY 4.0).
On this site: Capabilities index · Data centers and chips
Their site ↗New studies
Fresh from the lab.
Newest first. Headlines are the outlet's own words, and so is the line under one unless we read the article and wrote it ourselves.
Everything that's new- Oct 30, 2026Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop
After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all.
The Verge
- Oct 29, 2026More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result
Research finds 55% of lawyers are using AI in legal practices, up from 37% last year, though efficiency gains aren’t as high as expected Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than half of…
The Guardian
- Oct 19, 2026AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to "play."
MIT Technology Review
- Oct 15, 2026
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- Oct 12, 2026DeepSeek’s cost-saving AI may lead to inaccuracy in model performance: research
A ByteDance-led paper, not yet peer-reviewed, says DeepSeek's cost-saving approach may make its models less accurate.
South China Morning Post
- Oct 8, 2026
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Who does the measuring
The independent testers.
The groups whose numbers you see in blue across this site, and where each one appears.
METR
Times how long a software task the best AI agents can finish, measured by how long it takes a skilled person.
On this site: The time-horizon line
Their site ↗Center for AI Safety and Scale AI
Built the Remote Labor Index of real paid freelance projects, and Humanity's Last Exam, 2,500 expert questions.
On this site: Both tests · Do a freelancer's project
Their site ↗Stanford HAI, AI Index
A yearly report on AI research, investment, tests and policy, from Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI.
On this site: AI agents
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