Independent audit accuses Anthropic of a regulatory-capture machine tied to $7B stock, calls for Congress probe
ylecun · x · 2026-09-15
Writer Kevin Bass published an audit of Anthropic's finances, calling for a Congressional investigation. He alleges Anthropic has built a "regulatory-capture machine" that structurally cannot be turned off: Dario Amodei proposed METR as a third-party evaluator for model risk, but METR and the wider evaluation ecosystem are financially dependent on the growth of over $7 billion in Anthropic stock, locking the "Anthropic Network" into its own AI-doom cycle. He adds that Amodei and Moskovitz are primarily ideological, building a protected guild with themselves as priests. Yann LeCun reposted the thread. The author admits it's an interpretation, says the underlying data is real, and notes he ran multiple audit passes with Codex. The allegations are unverified and contested.
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