# Introducing LifeSciBench

DevFeed: [Introducing LifeSciBench](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-lifescibench-6501.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/introducing-life-sci-bench>)

Published: 2026-06-17T00:00:00Z

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>), [dataset](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dataset.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [drug-discovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drug-discovery.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>)

## AI overview

LifeSciBench is an expert-authored and expert-reviewed benchmark for evaluating whether AI systems can support realistic life science research. It contains 750 tasks across seven workflows and seven biological domains, using expert rubrics to assess reasoning, evidence handling, experiment design, validation, translation, and scientific communication.

## Source excerpt

Introducing LifeSciBench, an expert-authored, expert-reviewed benchmark for evaluating how AI systems handle real-world life science research tasks and decisions.