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AI Pace of Development
How young are the best-value models? · 2026-10-24
Average age—since release
Oldest model—since release
Frontier size—models
Frontier age
Freshness over time
Frontier age is how long ago the best-value models were released.
Higher = younger and fresher. Age runs from 0 days at the top to older models below. The shaded area extrapolates the fitted linear trend, with projected ages floored at 0 days.
When will we reach RSI?
“RSI dominates pareto-frontier” marks when this trend reaches zero average frontier age.
Overall freshness
Average age of frontier models
—at window end
Oldest-member freshness
Age of the oldest frontier model
—at window end
Current metrics, not observed history: today’s (2026-10-24) scores and costs are replayed by release date, so later metric revisions apply retroactively.