Sentdex asks: is there a single non-EA AI evaluation company frontier labs actually use?
Sentdex · x · 2026-09-13
ML educator Sentdex poses a pointed question: does any non-EA (Effective Altruism) AI evaluation company exist that frontier labs actually rely on? The question implies the model safety/capability eval ecosystem is heavily concentrated within the EA circle, raising doubts about how independent and diverse frontier labs' safety assessments really are.
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