METR is becoming AI's de facto FINRA-style standards body, says Ethan Mollick
emollick · x · 2026-09-13
Ethan Mollick argues that METR is rapidly becoming the AI industry's de facto standard-making body — an AI analog of FINRA in finance: not a government regulator, but the institution that examines firms and defines acceptable practice. He wonders whether legislation will eventually codify that role.
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