In “We Must Pace the Frontier” (September 2026) he proposes that each frontier AI company give embedded third-party evaluators “ongoing, employee-like access”, and writes that Anthropic is committing to this step now on its own; for Anthropic’s own external review team, he writes that reviewers should have the right to publish key findings “without editorial control by Anthropic”.

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Each frontier AI company commits to giving ongoing, employee-like access to a team of embedded third-party evaluators (such as METR), whose role is to verify adherence to safety practices and commitments, report incidents, and help assess the alignment of not just completed AI models but training pipelines and processes. [...] Anthropic is unilaterally committing to this step now. [...] External reviewers should have the right to publish key findings about risk levels, incidents, practices, and the access they received or didn’t receive — without editorial control by Anthropic.

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We Must Pace the Frontier
darioamodei.com · 2026-09

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Dario Amodei wants outside testers inside frontier AI companies 14 Oct 2026