Anthropic Opens Employee-Level Independent Evaluation Access to METR
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On October 16, 2026, Anthropic announced it would grant employee-level (internal) access to six researchers from the nonprofit METR for independent evaluation of its models, safety practices, and risk management. The METR team will receive company-issued hardware, office space, and tool access comparable to that of Anthropic's internal risk assessment team. Regarding report publication, Anthropic has given up its veto over METR's evaluation reports, being able to request redactions only within narrowly predefined categories; METR can publish its evaluation conclusions independently. A later report the same day added limits on the scope of access: customer data, attorney-client privileged information, and model architecture details remain excluded from access. The arrangement aims to allow an external organization to conduct a substantive independent evaluation of Anthropic's model safety while retaining limited, pre-agreed rights to request redactions. The event is still at the initial disclosure stage, with no follow-up reports yet on the evaluation process or results.
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- The DecoderAnthropic gives METR inside access to audit its AI models and safety practices
Anthropic announced it is granting the nonprofit METR team internal access to audit its AI models and safety practices. Six METR employees received access to the company's hardware, office space and internal tools, approaching the level of its internal risk team, but customer data, attorney-client privileged information and model architecture details remain excluded, and METR can publish its findings independently.
- TechCrunch · AIAnthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
Anthropic announced it is giving six researchers at the nonprofit METR employee-level access to independently evaluate its models, safety practices, and risk management. The METR team will get company-issued laptops, office space, and tool access comparable to the internal risk evaluation team, and Anthropic has waived veto rights over METR's reports, able only to request redactions within predefined narrow categories.
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