METR strikes deal with Anthropic for independent investigation of agent incidents
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-10
Eval org METR has reached an agreement with Anthropic to independently investigate agent incidents at the company and its models' alignment properties. METR says it will publish one or more reports describing its findings and the terms of engagement — a notable step toward external oversight of frontier AI agent behavior.
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