METR is becoming AI's de facto FINRA: probing OpenAI incident, invited in by Anthropic
emollick · x · 2026-09-13
Ethan Mollick argues METR is rapidly becoming the de facto industry standard-making body for AI:
- OpenAI turned to METR for an independent investigation of the Hugging Face incident, and Anthropic is inviting METR in as a third party.
- He likens METR to FINRA in finance: not a government regulator, but the institution that examines firms and defines acceptable practice — legislation may codify it.
- He adds a caveat: industry self-regulation isn't always the best path, and financial services isn't AI.
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