Apodex releases TRACES, the first benchmark for measuring 'discoverative AI' capabilities

aftahi_ai · x · 2026-08-23

Apodex has introduced TRACES, a new benchmark designed to evaluate 'discoverative intelligence'—the ability of AI to work through evidence, test hypotheses, and reach verifiable conclusions on problems without existing answer keys. Unlike benchmarks such as HLE or MMLU that measure retrieval of known answers, TRACES focuses on the process: using tools, fixing mistakes, and grounding conclusions. It has been applied to areas like rare-disease diagnosis, AAV gene delivery, and drug repurposing, asking whether a conclusion was actually earned rather than just guessed.

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