Anthropic's Joe Benton Leaves for METR to Work on Embedded AI Risk Assessment
ajeya_cotra · x · 2026-09-03
Joe Benton announces he has left Anthropic to join METR, where he will work on embedded assessment of AI risks, calling it a more impactful opportunity despite his positive experience at Anthropic.
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