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Expert comparisons on biothreat information

Only in system cards

PhD biology experts compare model answers to expert answers on long-form biorisk questions. Scored as win rate on accuracy, understanding and ease of execution.

OpenAI Preparedness evaluation. Results are reported per dimension for pre-mitigation models.

Made by
OpenAI
Released
September 2024
Kind
Hazardous knowledge
Level
Expert
Scored
Graded by people
Answers
Open-ended
Tasks
Kept private
Last in a system card
January 2025
Last model added
January 2025
4
System cards report it, from 1 lab

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We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.

4 system cards report it, from 1 lab

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
Jan 31, 2025 o3-mini system card Expert comparisons, win rates shown for pre-mitigation models only (5.4.2) Bio and chem risk
Dec 5, 2024 o1 system card Expert Human Preference Win Rates, o1 (pre-mitigation) 75.0% accuracy, 68.7% understanding, 80.5% ease of execution, no overall score (5.5.2) Bio and chem risk
Sep 12, 2024 o1-preview system card Expert comparisons win rates, o1-preview (pre-mitigation) 72.4% accuracy, 69.5% understanding, 74.3% ease of execution, no overall score (4.3.2) Bio and chem risk
Sep 12, 2024 o1-mini system card Expert comparisons win rates, o1-mini (pre-mitigation) 67.4% accuracy, 50.6% understanding, 79.6% ease of execution, no overall score (4.3.2) Bio and chem risk

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