Blogger runs hundreds of agents probing METR: funding sources unclear, conflict policy paper-thin
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-17
- The author says he ran hundreds of agents overnight (mostly Grok) for an investigation whose headline finding is that METR's funding sources are unknown, with the rest presented as evidence; he hasn't yet packaged it into shareable figures.
- He also notes METR only linked a seven-page policy dated August 28 on its About page on September 15, after his viral thread, calling the conflict-of-interest policy "paper thin."
- These are one-sided allegations; METR's response isn't included in this thread.
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