METR clarifies: nonprofit evaluations serve the public, not AI labs
BethMayBarnes · x · 2026-10-15
Beth Barnes addresses a common misconception about METR: unlike law or cybersecurity firms hired to serve a company's interests, METR is a nonprofit serving the public. She notes that standard practice in other evaluation regimes (bank examiners, financial auditors, NRC inspectors) is for assessors to rotate across multiple companies, with limits on tenure at any one firm to prevent them 'going native' and losing independence.
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