Policy · Saturday 17 October 2026 · story 10
Anthropic gives METR employee-level access for independent safety reviews
TechCrunch reports Anthropic gave six METR researchers employee-level access to assess its models, safety practices, and risk management. Anthropic said METR can publish its own assessments and Anthropic cannot veto publication, subject to narrow, pre-defined redactions.
Why it matters. For people building or running AI agents, Anthropic's setup means outside assessments of risks, incidents, and practices can be published without Anthropic approval.
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