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LLM use is acknowledged almost as often as specialized AI tools in biology preprints
Data Insight
Oct. 30, 2026
LLM use is acknowledged almost as often as specialized AI tools in biology preprints

17% of biology preprints acknowledge LLM use, nearly matching specialized tools like AlphaFold. Epoch AI analyzes trends in AI acknowledgment in research.

By Tara Abrishami

AI can turn security fixes into working exploits before users receive an update
Report
Oct. 29, 2026
AI can turn security fixes into working exploits before users receive an update

GLM 5.3 turned published-but-unshipped Firefox security fixes into working one-click exploits for six releases, at roughly $1,000 each.

By Aiden Ament, Yafah Edelman, Alexander Barry, Timothée Chauvin, Lee Bousfield, and Jaeho Lee

New global AI computing capacity is doubling every 9 months
Data Insight
Oct. 29, 2026
New global AI computing capacity is doubling every 9 months

The computing power of AI chips sold each quarter has grown about 2.5× per year since 2024, down from a surge in 2023.

By Isabel Juniewicz and Josh You

Introducing the AI Chip Imports explorer
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Oct. 27, 2026
Introducing the AI Chip Imports explorer

Our explorer uses customs records to estimate national shares. Since 2022, 72% of AI compute has ended up in the US and about 10% in China, including chips China makes itself.

By Lucio Melito and Isabel Juniewicz

Open-weight models trail closed models in cyber capabilities by 6–7 months
Data Insight
Oct. 16, 2026
Open-weight models trail closed models in cyber capabilities by 6–7 months

Z.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.

By Jaeho Lee and Alexander Barry

AI systems are improving rapidly at Slay the Spire and its sequel
Report
Oct. 14, 2026
AI systems are improving rapidly at Slay the Spire and its sequel

Months 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.

By Benjamin Ou and Simon Chen

Can AI automate Epoch?
Report
Oct. 8, 2026
Can AI automate Epoch?

Frontier 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.

By Kelly Hong and Greg Burnham

US adults are no more likely to face cyber incidents than when Claude Fable 5 launched
Data Insight
Oct. 7, 2026
US adults are no more likely to face cyber incidents than when Claude Fable 5 launched

June and September polls from Epoch AI/Ipsos show no detectable increase in the share of US adults experiencing cyber incidents

By Caroline Falkman Olsson and Yafah Edelman

EBR-bench update
Report
Oct. 7, 2026
EBR-bench update

Updates 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.

By Benjamin Ou and Avery Yen

Can AI automate AI R&D yet?
Report
Oct. 7, 2026
Can AI automate AI R&D yet?

Early evidence from InnovationEval: No

By David Owen