Dev asks why Scale AI's gov ties and eval consulting record get so little scrutiny
willcb · x · 2026-09-19
willcb posts that exactly one major firm is friendly with the government and Fortune 500, has years of embedded eval consulting and a real AI safety track record, and is now largely divested from commercial conflicts with leading labs — then reveals it's Scale AI, questioning why the company's outsized role in model evaluation and safety consulting draws so little industry discussion.
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