https://ai-news.ypetit.net/sources/epoch-ai/ Latest publications from Epoch AI, aggregated by AI News from the official source. en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:08:30 GMT https://epoch.ai/data-insights/open-closed-cyber-eci-gaphttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/open-closed-cyber-eci-gapFri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchZ.ai’s GLM-5.3 is the top open-weight model on Epoch’s Cyber ECI, scoring where the closed-weight frontier stood 6–7 months earlier. https://epoch.ai/publications/ai-systems-are-improving-rapidly-at-slay-the-spire-and-its-sequelhttps://epoch.ai/publications/ai-systems-are-improving-rapidly-at-slay-the-spire-and-its-sequelWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchMonths ago, frontier models could barely beat Slay the Spire. Now they win 90%+ at the easiest setting and up to 20% at the hardest. Results from Epoch AI’s new SpireClimb benchmark. https://epoch.ai/publications/can-ai-automate-epochhttps://epoch.ai/publications/can-ai-automate-epochThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchFrontier models can handle well-defined tasks reliably, but fail in the more open-ended aspects that prevent full work automation. Explore Epoch AI's Automation Reports: realistic, open-ended tasks taken directly from our work, manually graded by our own standards. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/cyber-incidents-flat-since-fable-5https://epoch.ai/data-insights/cyber-incidents-flat-since-fable-5Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchJune and September polls from Epoch AI/Ipsos show no detectable increase in the share of US adults experiencing cyber incidents https://epoch.ai/publications/ebr-bench-updatehttps://epoch.ai/publications/ebr-bench-updateWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchUpdates on EBR-bench, Epoch AI’s benchmark that tests models’ ability to learn from experience. GPT-6 Astra hit a perfect score on over half its EBR-bench attempts by exploiting one overpowered card, which we now ban. Plus multi-agent scaffold results. https://epoch.ai/publications/innovationevalhttps://epoch.ai/publications/innovationevalWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchEarly evidence from InnovationEval: No https://epoch.ai/publications/china-us-semiconductor-supply-chain-exposurehttps://epoch.ai/publications/china-us-semiconductor-supply-chain-exposureTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchChina is 2.7× as exposed to semiconductor supply shocks as the US, Epoch AI estimates. Epoch traces chips through input-output tables to model the impact of a Taiwan shock and decoupling. https://epoch.ai/publications/how-do-chinese-ai-companies-make-moneyhttps://epoch.ai/publications/how-do-chinese-ai-companies-make-moneyTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchChina's six leading AI firms earn about 10% of OpenAI and Anthropic's combined AI revenue. Epoch AI examines their five revenue streams: consumer apps, model access, enterprise and government solutions, licensing fees, and indirect monetization through cloud and advertising. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/openai-coding-agent-spendinghttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/openai-coding-agent-spendingMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchOpenAI researchers’ coding-agent usage, valued at API prices, has recently been doubling roughly every month, according to breakpoint fits. https://epoch.ai/publications/estimating-the-agent-populationhttps://epoch.ai/publications/estimating-the-agent-populationFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchMemory shipped through 2027 could run 33–171 million concurrent frontier-model agents, or billions using efficient open models. Epoch AI estimates inference capacity from HBM supply, serving benchmarks, and agent-hour costs. https://epoch.ai/latest/introducing-the-chatgpt-usage-explorerhttps://epoch.ai/latest/introducing-the-chatgpt-usage-explorerThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchMedian monthly messages per active user rose from 14 in 2023 to 36 in 2025, and the top 10% of users sent 63% of all prompts. Epoch AI's ChatGPT usage explorer draws on 8.3 million messages from 5,000 US YouGov panelists. https://epoch.ai/publications/furniture-assemblyhttps://epoch.ai/publications/furniture-assemblyWed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchAI model scores on Epoch AI's IKEA furniture assembly benchmark jumped from 28% to 80% in 10 months, with open-weight models trailing closed-weight models by about 7 months. Epoch AI's test of visual and spatial reasoning across 60 photos from three furniture builds. https://epoch.ai/publications/the-plunging-price-of-thoughthttps://epoch.ai/publications/the-plunging-price-of-thoughtTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchEpoch AI measures how fast the cost of a given level of AI performance is falling across five benchmarks covering math, science and games of skill: about 47% per quarter, or 13x per year, since 2023, faster than electricity, compute, batteries or DNA sequencing ever fell. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/math-preprints-disclosed-ai-usehttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/math-preprints-disclosed-ai-useFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchAcknowledgments of AI use in arXiv math preprints rose from 4% in April 2026 to 25% in August, with 6% crediting AI with a substantial research contribution. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/malaysia-china-chip-smugglinghttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/malaysia-china-chip-smugglingThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchEpoch AI's analysis of trade data finds a pattern consistent with $3B worth of chips smuggled to China via Malaysia. China recorded $3.8B of server imports from Malaysia in 2024–25; Malaysia recorded only $0.6B of exports. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/astra-eci-breakdownhttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/astra-eci-breakdownWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchOpenAI's GPT-6 Astra tops the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) with a score of 166, ahead of Claude Fable 5.1 at 164 and GPT-5.6 Sol at 162. Its Math-ECI of 170 sets a new record, but on software engineering benchmarks its SWE-ECI of 164 still lags behind Fable 5.1's 167. https://epoch.ai/latest/scaling-ai-data-centers-researchhttps://epoch.ai/latest/scaling-ai-data-centers-researchWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchEpoch AI's AI Data Centers explorer now covers an estimated 44% of global AI compute across 86 sites, with a redesigned interface and expanding global coverage. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/near-daily-ai-use-doubledhttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/near-daily-ai-use-doubledMon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchThe share of US adults using AI at least 6 days a week rose from 8% in March 2026 to 19% in August 2026, according to Epoch AI/Ipsos polling. https://epoch.ai/latest/introducing-the-ai-chip-users-explorerhttps://epoch.ai/latest/introducing-the-ai-chip-users-explorerWed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchA first look at Epoch AI's data on compute usage across five leading labs. https://epoch.ai/publications/long-context-latency-scaling-gpt-vs-claudehttps://epoch.ai/publications/long-context-latency-scaling-gpt-vs-claudeTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchEpoch AI measures long-context latency scaling across four frontier models. GPT-5.6 Terra and Sol show quadratic time-to-first-token growth with context length, while Claude Sonnet 5 and Opus 5 stay near-linear. https://epoch.ai/publications/huaweis-roadmap-to-2031https://epoch.ai/publications/huaweis-roadmap-to-2031Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchHuawei plans major gains in AI chip performance by 2030, but US export controls cap its most important scaling levers. Epoch AI estimates Huawei will produce less than 4% as much AI compute as Nvidia in 2026, a share that could be around 1% by 2028 without access to foreign me… https://epoch.ai/data-insights/frontier-data-center-powerhttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/frontier-data-center-powerFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchSince mid-2024, the record for the largest AI data center by IT power capacity has doubled every ten months. Epoch AI's analysis of frontier data center power trends through 2028. https://epoch.ai/data-insights/eci-frontier-trendhttps://epoch.ai/data-insights/eci-frontier-trendTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearch https://epoch.ai/latest/announcing-frontiermath-erdoshttps://epoch.ai/latest/announcing-frontiermath-erdosTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchA benchmark of 68 significant Erdős problems, open as of August 2026, curated by Thomas Bloom and formalized in Lean. AI systems must prove or disprove them within a fixed budget. https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/an-update-on-ais-most-important-numberhttps://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/an-update-on-ais-most-important-numberThu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearchHow quickly are Anthropic and OpenAI growing their revenue?