Anthropic Grants METR Researchers Employee-Level Access for Independent Model Safety Evaluation
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Anthropic has granted researchers from the Model Evaluation and Trustworthiness Research (METR) team employee-level access to its internal resources—including company laptops, office space, and internal tools—to conduct independent safety evaluations of its models. In exchange, Anthropic has relinquished the right to block the publication of any resulting reports and permits public discussion of redactions, provided that the redacted content itself remains undisclosed. This arrangement aims to increase transparency and accountability in Anthropic’s model safety processes while balancing the need to protect sensitive proprietary information.
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Anthropic grants METR researchers employee-level access
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Anthropic provided six researchers from METR, a nonprofit testing frontier AI models, with employee-level access, including company laptops, office space, and internal tools, to independently assess Anthropic’s models, safety practices, and risk management. METR will publish its assessments without Anthropic's veto power, though Anthropic can require redactions for narrow, pre-defined categories like customer data or attorney-client privileged information. This top-tier access is part of a three-tier evaluation system Anthropic is building, fulfilling a promise made by CEO Dario Amodei in September.
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