Ex-METR auditor: the biggest bias in AI audits is fear of losing access
nitarshan · x · 2026-10-19
Sydney Von Arx, formerly of METR, argues the biggest source of bias in third-party AI audits isn't funding or personal ties, but that auditors who anger an AI company can lose audit access. She says this dynamic outweighed all other factors combined during her METR tenure, and no auditor can escape it while audits remain voluntary.
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