Anthropic gives six METR employees internal access and lets METR publish without approval
Anthropic said on October 15 that six METR employees now have access to its hardware and office space. They also have internal access similar to the access Anthropic gives its risk teams. METR can publish its assessments without Anthropic's approval.
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Anthropic can require redactions in narrow, predefined categories. METR can publicly describe and dispute those redactions, but it cannot reveal the removed information.
Anthropic does not routinely share customer data, privileged information or details about its model architecture. The company granted this access voluntarily. This is not a government inspection or a finding that the models are safe.
METR's October 14 policy says readers need to know when a company limits access or removes important details. That policy provides context for the new arrangement. Other evaluator partnerships offer less access and narrower publication rights.
METR should disclose every time Anthropic withholds evidence. The arrangement will face its hardest test if METR tries to publish a finding that could hurt Anthropic.
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