Blogger's audit alleges Anthropic built a 'regulatory capture machine' around METR and $7B in stock
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-16
Blogger kevinnbass publishes a self-described audit of Anthropic's finances and calls for a Congressional investigation.
Key claims:
- Anthropic has allegedly built a "regulatory capture machine" — the "Anthropic Network" — whose structural financial incentives make its AI-doom cycle impossible to turn off.
- The entry point is METR: Dario Amodei proposed third-party evaluators like METR to assess model risk, but METR is financially dependent on Anthropic's success, including over $7 billion in Anthropic stock growth.
- Framed as the "AI doom industry complex."
Note: this is a one-sided opinion piece, not an official finding, but it touches on real conflicts-of-interest questions around AI safety evaluators.
Related event: Blogger's "Audit" Alleges Anthropic Built a Regulatory Capture Machine(15 posts)→
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