Anthropic's proposal to make METR a voluntary third-party overseer draws skepticism

almmaasoglu · x · 2026-09-13

Anthropic has floated having evals organization METR serve as a voluntary third party overseeing its AI systems, and the proposal is drawing pushback.

Critics call the arrangement almost a joke — arguing a voluntary overseer with no binding authority does little to close the gap between voluntary commitments and real external accountability.

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