Measuring AI: What Policymakers Can Learn from Benchmarks

AI benchmarks are becoming increasingly central to policy debates. But much of the value of these benchmarks depends on how they are built: what they measure, who develops and runs them, and how quickly they evolve alongside the models they evaluate. In this episode, Matt Perault speaks with Rayan Krishnan, cofounder and CEO of Vals, and Glenn Parham, head of public sector, about their work building AI evaluation tools and partnerships for industry and government. They discuss why static tests quickly become obsolete, why credible evaluations require deep domain expertise and independent testi