← Back to feed

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

L4 · DeveloperIndustry & BusinessTechCrunch AI· 10/15/2026

Shows how leading AI companies are implementing independent oversight mechanisms that could become industry standards.

AI Summary

Anthropic is granting METR researchers employee-level access to independently assess its AI models and safety practices with minimal publication restrictions.

Excerpt

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

Read Original
0 upvotes · 0 downvotes · 1 min read

Related Articles

L4 · DeveloperIndustry & BusinessHacker News
AI agents aren't 'going rogue.' Frontier labs are skipping security basics

Cybersecurity experts argue that recent 'rogue AI' incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google were caused by frontier labs skipping basic security practices rather than true AI misalignment.

L4 · DeveloperIndustry & Business@simonwillison.net
Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net): "Anthropic told investors on Wednesday distillation accounted for 5 per cent to 7 per cent of revenue" If true, and Q2 revenue was $11.5B, then that's more than half a billion dollars spent by other…

Anthropic revealed that distillation accounts for 5-7% of revenue, suggesting competitors are spending over $500M annually to replicate its models.

L2 · PractitionerIndustry & BusinessThe Verge AI
Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents

Meta's Muse AI assistant raises privacy concerns by collecting extensive user data including friends' information without their consent.

L1 · CuriousIndustry & BusinessThe Verge AI
Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes

AI-generated celebrity deepfakes are spreading widely on social media platforms, with verified accounts posting fake content that gains millions of views.

L2 · PractitionerIndustry & BusinessStratechery
A Conversation With Ari Emanuel About Entertainment and AI

Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel discusses AI's impact on entertainment, tech business models, and why live experiences may become more valuable.