X users clash over METR donor transparency as org's eval work resurfaces
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-17
In an X exchange, @austinc3301 responds to @AndrewAzlan's criticism of AI safety eval org METR, noting the org publicly lists its donors and that US 501(c)(3) nonprofits aren't legally required to disclose every donation since many donors choose anonymity.
The linked METR about page highlights its core work: frontier model capability/risk evaluations, including the finding that AI agent task horizons double roughly every 7 months, a GPT-5.1-Codex-Max risk assessment, and an RCT showing experienced open-source developers systematically overestimate AI's productivity gains. Its Responsible Scaling Policies prototype has been adopted by nine AI developers.
Related event: METR's $71M Six-Month Funding Surge Draws Transparency Scrutiny(9 posts)→
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