Vals Index B

Name: Vals Index
Creator: Vals AI
Keywords: Knowledge

AI benchmark · Knowledge

Publisher: Vals AI
Domains: Knowledge
On X: @ValsAI ↗
Tier: B why
Snapshot: October 11, 2026

Latest from Vals AI on X

@ValsAI ↗

Do agent teams pay off? We ran GPT-6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 on Vibe Code Bench, alone and as teams, at medium and max reasoning effort. Teams cost 1.8× to 5.1× more, but only one of the four team-vs-single comparisons produced a statistically significant improvement: Sol at medium effort, which gained 7.3 points.
— ValsAI (@ValsAI) Oct 9, 2026
What happens when a teenager pushes back on an AI’s safety guardrails? 1 in 5 teens now talk to AI chatbots about mental health problems, but these chatbots can make mistakes. Some of the most dangerous mistakes happen later in conversations, after the model initially responds appropriately. We built the SAFE-Teen benchmark to test how models handle serious conversations with adolescents.
— ValsAI (@ValsAI) Oct 8, 2026
We tested Mercury Decide, a new model from @_inception_ai, on the same benchmark we used for TypeSafe's Jev. It matched frontier accuracy on claim verification at the lowest cost we have measured so far.
— ValsAI (@ValsAI) Oct 8, 2026

What is Vals Index?

Benchmark consisting of a weighted performance across finance and coding tasks. Showing the potential impact that LLM's can have on the economy.

Tier B · a leaderboard, listed apart

Established: 15 or more models scored, or curated RL directories rate it.

How much stands behind a tier: usage, who backs it, a confirmed line from its own site or paper, and a clear read on X. High with three of the four, medium with two, low otherwise.

40 models scored
in curated RL directories (2 pts)

On X · well regarded, moderate buzz, from 11 posts about Vals Index in the last month

Google featured Vals Index in its Gemini 4 Argon launch, and many posts cite Argon's #1 score of 68.9%, though some contrast it with independent indexes.

@RayanKrishnan ↗ · @TheRealNesfield ↗ · @NFT_Chen ↗

How we got to tier B

Adoption: 40 models scored. Tier B.
On X: well regarded, moderate buzz. “Google featured Vals Index in its Gemini 4 Argon launch, and many posts cite Argon's #1 score of 68.9%, though some contrast it with independent indexes.” No move.
In curated RL directories: 2 points, a floor of C.
Not yet confirmed by a line from its own site or paper.
Judged a leaderboard, arena or index rather than one benchmark (or not a benchmark at all): listed apart.

A clear view on X moves a tier one step up or down; most entries don't move. How tiers work.

Not on the map yet: no line from its own site or paper places it in a domain.

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