METR rebuttal to Gary Marcus: only 2 staff ever worked at Anthropic
CFGeek · x · 2026-09-20
Gary Marcus tweeted that it is a legitimate question to ask how many METR employees hold Anthropic stock, implying conflicts of interest.
Responding, CFGeek — apparently affiliated with METR — offers a quick estimate: only 2 METR folks have ever worked at Anthropic, including Joe who is technically incoming staff, and most team members haven't worked at a frontier AI company before, suggesting the independence concerns are overstated.
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