Frontier AI Is Accelerating. Open Benchmarks Need to Keep Up
Back to blogResearchFrontier AI is Accelerating. The expanded program includes: Funding the next wave of open benchmarks: More support for new benchmarks and measurement methods including in safety and alignment, cybersecurity, physical AI, long-running agent work, open-ended outputs, dynamic settings, and human uplift. Open Benchmarks Red Team: A new program to help builders continuously identify and address weaknesses in their benchmarks, including reward-hacking exploits, contamination risks, broken verifiers, distributional and diversity gaps, and more.
- ▪Back to blogResearchFrontier AI is Accelerating.
- ▪The expanded program includes: Funding the next wave of open benchmarks: More support for new benchmarks and measurement methods including in safety and alignment, cybersecurity, physical AI, long-running agent work, open-ended outputs, dyn
- ▪Open Benchmarks Red Team: A new program to help builders continuously identify and address weaknesses in their benchmarks, including reward-hacking exploits, contamination risks, broken verifiers, distributional and diversity gaps, and more
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| Canonical URL | https://benchmarks.snorkel.ai/frontier-ai-is-accelerating-open-benchmarks-need-to-keep-up/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:45:06 +0000 |
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Back to blogResearchFrontier AI is Accelerating. Open Benchmarks Need to Keep Up. Snorkel’s $30M commitment to Open Benchmarks October 7, 2026•7 min read•Vincent Sunn Chen(opens in a new tab) /*obg-img-dark*/body img.obg-axis-dark{display:none!important}body.dark-mode img.obg-axis-dark{display:block!important}body.dark-mode img.obg-axis-light{display:none!important} Today, we’re excited to announce that we are expanding our Open Benchmarks Grants by 10x to a $30M commitment, to support researchers, domain experts, and open-source teams pushing the frontier of robust, open frontier AI evaluation.
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