Anthropic researcher Joe Benton leaves for METR amid influx of talent to AI evals org
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-03
- Joe Benton announced he left Anthropic to join AI safety evals org METR, working on embedded assessment of AI risks; he says Anthropic was great, but he'd move for something more impactful.
- METR's Max Nadeau notes many talented people have flooded into METR in recent weeks, signaling accelerating talent flow from frontier labs into independent evaluation organizations.
Related event: Anthropic Risk Researcher Joe Benton Departs for METR(3 posts)→
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