Dan Hendrycks

New Capabilities

As of July 2026: Leading the group that runs the benchmark

Eight months ago, the best AI agent could finish 2.5% of real freelance jobs well enough for a paying client to accept. On July 6, the Center for AI Safety reported that a new model now clears 16.1%.

Updated Jul 9

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Co-creator of Humanity's Last Exam benchmark

OpenAI launched the first commercial reasoning model in September 2024. Seventeen months later, Google's upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think pulled ahead on the benchmarks that matter most for science.

Updated May 29