MIRI's Nate Soares: METR's independence problem is fear of losing Anthropic access
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-10-21
Nate Soares (MIRI executive director) responded to concerns about METR's independence: while some worry METR staff have social ties to Anthropic employees, Soares argues the deeper issue is that METR must carefully avoid antagonizing Anthropic lest its evaluation access be revoked — highlighting the structural fragility of third-party AI safety evals that depend on lab cooperation.
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