# Evaluating AI's ability to perform scientific research tasks

DevFeed: [Evaluating AI's ability to perform scientific research tasks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/evaluating-ai-s-ability-to-perform-scientific-research-tasks-6409.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/frontierscience>)

Published: 2025-12-16T09:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [chemistry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chemistry.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/math.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [physics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/physics.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI introduces FrontierScience, a benchmark designed to evaluate whether AI can perform expert-level scientific reasoning in physics, chemistry, and biology. It includes Olympiad and Research tracks with difficult, original questions created and verified by experts, addressing gaps in existing benchmarks and supporting measurement of AI progress toward scientific research.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI introduces FrontierScience, a benchmark testing AI reasoning in physics, chemistry, and biology to measure progress toward real scientific research.