AI NOW SOLVES HALF THE PROBLEMS HUMANS COULDN’T: STANFORD REPORT SAYS FRONTIER MODELS HAVE GONE VERTICAL Stanford’s 2026 AI Index reveals that AI is far from plateauing — frontier models now exceed 50% on Humanity’s Last Exam (up from just 8.8% in 2025), coding benchmarks jumped from 60% to near 100% in a single year, and global corporate AI investment hit $581.7 billion. The pace isn’t slowing; it’s accelerating vertically. Keywords: Stanford AI Index 2026, AI capability growth, frontier AI benchmarks, Humanity’s Last Exam AI