Monitored theme · AI
Frontier Models and ML Research
Monitored since June 2016 · 49 temporal technology analyses
TAIME Score over the years
Yearly average of the TAIME Score across published temporal technology analyses. Only years with data for this theme are shown.
Latest TAIME Score
82/100
in the September 2026 analysis
| Year | TAIME Score | Analyses |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 64 | 1 |
| 2017 | 73 | 16 |
| 2018 | 73 | 7 |
| 2019 | 67 | 11 |
| 2020 | 69 | 13 |
| 2023 | 77 | 3 |
| 2026 | 79 | 5 |
From the latest analysis · September 2026
Frontier AI Model Race Reshapes Deployment Economics and Safety Boundaries
The frontier model race has crossed a threshold where capability now routinely outpaces the governance frameworks meant to contain it: GPT-6 Astra is the first model OpenAI has classified as Critical for cybersecurity capability, while open-weight alternatives from Moonshot AI and others are reaching near-frontier...
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