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Scaling forecasts can be built from far fewer measurements

Stanford researchers describe Item Response Scaling Laws, a method that chooses informative evaluation items rather than exhaustively testing every model on every question. Their reported experiments preserve or improve prediction while sharply reducing queries.

Stanford HAI21 May 2026Reviewed 26 July 2026
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Stanford researchers describe Item Response Scaling Laws, a method that chooses informative evaluation items rather than exhaustively testing every model on every question. Their reported experiments preserve or improve prediction while sharply reducing queries.

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Capability forecasting may become less compute-intensive and more accessible to independent laboratories.

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