Critics link METR's major funding to later alarm reports, questioning eval incentives
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-15
A commentator connects METR's receipt of large-scale funding with its subsequent major findings, suggesting its evaluations may be influenced by funding incentives. The poster notes this remains speculation — temporal sequence alone doesn't prove the eval results are biased.
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