AI progress

As of October 2026, AI beats professionals in all 5 head-to-head work tests, OpenAI's AI has written 721 maths papers, and China's best model trails the US by about 2 months.

Is AI coming for your job?5 of 5head-to-head work tests where AI beats professionalsSee your field

Did AI just crack math's hardest problems?721maths papers written by OpenAI’s AISee the maths results

US vs China2monthsKimi K3.1 Pro scores what the US first reached in September 2026See the US vs China results

Is AI better than humans in real life?82%fewer injury crashes for Waymo than for human driversSee the real-life tests

How much water and energy does AI use?0.24Whof electricity for a typical Gemini text prompt, less than nine seconds of TVSee the water and energy numbers