METR's independence questioned: EA ties and Anthropic investor funding fuel conflict-of-interest criticism
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-16
Dario Amodei's essay "We Must Pace the Frontier" proposes embedded third-party safety evaluations by nonprofit METR with "employee-like access." Critics note METR is deeply rooted in Effective Altruism, funded by Anthropic investors like Dustin Moskovitz and Jaan Tallinn, with Paul Christiano having served as a founding trustee of Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust. "Saying you want to be audited by the 'independent' people at METR is a complete joke," said Perry Metzger of Alliance for the Future.
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