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  "id": 14751425,
  "title": "Anthropic grants AI evaluator METR employee-level access to its models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/anthropic-grants-ai-evaluator-metr-employee-level-access-to-its-models",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:35:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/anthropic-grants-ai-evaluator-metr-employee-level-access-its-models-6463306"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 15, Anthropic announced it has granted a team from nonprofit AI evaluator METR employee-level access to its advanced systems. This move comes after concerns were raised among researchers and evaluators about leading AI labs exerting excessive control over independent reviews through publication restrictions and limiting access to sensitive information.\n\nUnder the new arrangement, six METR employees have been equipped with company hardware, provided office space, and granted access to internal tools and systems, which are generally equivalent to those used by Anthropic's own risk assessment teams. Anthropic stated that METR will now be able to publish independent evaluations of risks, incidents, and safety practices within their AI lab without the need for prior approval, with only limited redactions applied to areas such as customer data, privileged information, and certain model architecture specifics.\n\nThis development aims to address the growing concern within the AI community about potential imbalances of power between major AI labs and independent evaluators, ensuring a more equitable and transparent review process.",
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    "Anthropic grants METR employee-level access to its advanced AI models on October 15.",
    "Six METR employees receive company hardware, office space, and internal tools.",
    "METR can publish independent evaluations without prior approval, with limited redactions."
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        "title": "Anthropic grants AI evaluator METR employee-level access to its models",
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        "published": "2026-10-15T17:36:26.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Anthropic says it is giving employee-like access to METR as part of its pledge to partner with evaluators for assessment of its models and safety practices (Anthropic)",
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        "published": "2026-10-15T17:46:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Anthropic grants non-profit METR ‘employee-like’ access to monitor AI risks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/anthropic-grants-non-profit-metr-employee-like-access-to-monitor-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:12:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/anthropic-is-letting-metr-researchers-look-under-the-hood-with",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:14:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety practices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/anthropic-taps-nonprofits-metr-and-securebio-to-help-assess-risks-and",
        "published": "2026-10-15T20:35:21.000Z"
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