GoKawiilAnthropic embeds METR and SecureBio staff as third-party AI safety evaluators
Anthropic announced it is working with nonprofits METR and SecureBio, along with ongoing talks with Hugging Face, to embed independent evaluators inside the company. The firm has set up a three-tier access system for evaluators, with METR granted top-tier, employee-like access including six onboarded staff who can use Anthropic's hardware and tools to assess risk levels.
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The move follows CEO Dario Amodei's pledge to slow model development and let outside groups verify safety claims, part of a broader voluntary accord Trump promoted among major AI firms. Giving evaluators like METR deep internal access could set a template other labs feel pressured to match, though its effectiveness as genuine oversight versus a goodwill gesture remains to be tested.
- Anthropic is embedding METR and SecureBio as independent safety evaluators.
- A three-tier access system determines how much visibility and publishing freedom evaluators get.
- The initiative follows a voluntary safety accord signed by leaders of Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX and Nvidia.
Source: cnbc.com — Ashley Capoot, 2026-10-15
Published there as: “Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety practices”
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