Neel Nanda Defends METR's Independence and Funding Transparency

DeepMind researcher Neel Nanda pushed back on doubts about METR's independence, noting the evaluator publicly discloses funding sources, declines money from AI labs, and relies on free compute tokens; he also praised the surprising diversity of AI safety funders.

2026-09-14 ~ 2026-09-14 · 4 related posts

• Neel Nanda defends METR: funding sources are public, no AI lab money taken — NeelNanda5 · 2026-09-14
• Neel Nanda defends METR's independence: funding sources are public and clean — NeelNanda5 · 2026-09-14
• Neel Nanda defends METR's finances: free tokens are expense coverage, not funding — NeelNanda5 · 2026-09-14
• Neel Nanda impressed by diversity of AI safety funders, half of which he didn't know funded the field — NeelNanda5 · 2026-09-14