27 August 2026

New benchmark tests AI on completing full scientific workflows

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  • FrontierChallenge contains 300 tasks across chemistry, physics, and biology to measure whether AI systems can finish real scientific work from start to finish.
  • Current best-performing AI configurations completed only 20.6 percent of tasks fully, meaning they often fail at the final steps despite appearing confident.

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