Tejal Patwardhan discusses AI evaluation progress
In this episode of the OpenAI Podcast, Andrew Mayne speaks with OpenAI's frontier evals lead Tejal Patwardhan about measuring and forecasting model progress. They discuss why traditional static benchmarks are failing and the necessity of developing new evaluation frameworks for frontier AI.
Traditional static benchmarks are obsolete, meaning the future of AI measurement must transition to interactive, complex environments. Standard static benchmarks are increasingly gamed or saturated, making them less useful for tracking real frontier progress. Effective evaluations must now serve as dynamic forecasting tools to measure model capabilities and safety risks before deployment.
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2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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