Thread claims Anthropic, METR and safety orgs share one funding network
theteknosaur · x · 2026-09-15
- A viral thread sketches a claimed conflict-of-interest loop: Anthropic picked METR as independent evaluator, but METR is funded by the same network backing Anthropic, which also funds AI safety orgs, doom research, policy work, and Tarbell — an outlet pushing doom narratives into Time, The Verge, Science and LA Times.
- The author argues this creates a self-reinforcing cycle: Anthropic earns more → the network gets richer → more funding for AI doom → more regulation → regulation favors "responsible" frontier labs → Anthropic gains more power.
- An attached screenshot shows Dario Amodei's February post about building a quadrillion-dollar company and making no mistakes, cited as evidence of ambition.
- This is community criticism of AI safety evaluation independence; the funding claims are not fully evidenced.
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