Topping AI benchmarks are usually thought to be the preserve of the top four AI frontier labs, but a surprising new name has emerged on the Humanity’s Last Exam benchmark.

Zoom, the video conferencing platform, has announced it achieved a state-of-the-art score of 48.1% on the Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE) full-set benchmark, surpassing Google’s Gemini 3 Pro with tools, which previously held the top position at 45.8%. The 2.3 percentage point improvement marks a significant achievement for a company better known for video calls than AI research. — Read More