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Anthropic onboards METR staff and cannot veto what they publish
Anthropic said on 15 October 2026 that six METR employees now work with company hardware and office space, and that SecureBio is reviewing part of its August Risk Report.
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Key points
- Anthropic says it has onboarded six METR employees with company hardware and office space.
- Anthropic says METR will publish its findings and that Anthropic cannot veto publication, but can require redaction of information in narrow categories.
- Anthropic says SecureBio is reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of its August Risk Report, and that it is developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
What happened
Anthropic published an update on independent evaluators on 15 October 2026. It says it has onboarded six METR employees with company hardware, office space and access to internal tools, roughly on par with its own risk assessment teams.
METR will publish its findings; Anthropic can require redaction of narrow categories of information but cannot veto publication. SecureBio is reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of Anthropic's August Risk Report.
Anthropic says it is developing three tiers of access for evaluators and is working toward a partnership with Accenture and Faculty.
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Fact 3 of 6 · from Anthropic, 15 Oct 2026
METR will publish its analysis of our risk levels, incidents, or practices. ... Anthropic can't veto publication, but we can require them to redact information ... if it falls into narrow, predefined categories
Fact 4 of 6 · from Anthropic, 15 Oct 2026
SecureBio is in the process of reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of our August Risk Report
Fact 5 of 6 · from Anthropic, 15 Oct 2026
We're developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
What it means for you
Our viewThis is Anthropic's own account of its arrangements. Publication without a veto is the part to watch: whether METR's reports appear in full, and what is redacted, will show how independent the arrangement is in practice.
The partnership with Accenture and Faculty is a plan Anthropic says it is working toward, not a signed agreement, and the tiers of access are still in development.
If you rely on a vendor's safety assurances when you buy, ask which outside evaluators have reviewed its reports, whether they can publish without the vendor's approval, and what the vendor is allowed to redact.
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Anthropic published its update on independent evaluators on 15 October 2026.
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Anthropic says it has onboarded six METR employees with company hardware and office space.
citeWe've onboarded six METR employees with company hardware, office space, and access to internal tools and systems
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Anthropic says METR will publish its findings and that Anthropic cannot veto publication, but can require redaction of narrow categories of information.
citeMETR will publish its analysis of our risk levels, incidents, or practices. ... Anthropic can't veto publication, but we can require them to redact information ... if it falls into narrow, predefined categories
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Anthropic says SecureBio is reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of its August Risk Report.
citeSecureBio is in the process of reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of our August Risk Report
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Anthropic says it is developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
citeWe're developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
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Anthropic says it is working toward a partnership with Accenture and Faculty that includes evaluating and red-teaming models, conducting alignment assessments, testing model safeguards and building capabilities across the organizations.
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citeWith Accenture and Faculty, we're working toward an ambitious partnership that includes evaluating and red-teaming models, conducting alignment assessments, testing model safeguards, and building capabilities across our organizations.
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Source 1 · Anthropic · 15 Oct 2026
An update on independent evaluators
Anthropic says it has onboarded six METR employees with company hardware and office space.
We've onboarded six METR employees with company hardware, office space, and access to internal tools and systems
Anthropic says METR will publish its findings and that Anthropic cannot veto publication, but can require redaction of narrow categories of information.
METR will publish its analysis of our risk levels, incidents, or practices. ... Anthropic can't veto publication, but we can require them to redact information ... if it falls into narrow, predefined categories
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Anthropic says SecureBio is reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of its August Risk Report.
SecureBio is in the process of reviewing the chemical and biological weapons chapter of our August Risk Report
Anthropic says it is developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
We're developing three tiers of access for evaluators.
Anthropic says it is working toward a partnership with Accenture and Faculty that includes evaluating and red-teaming models, conducting alignment assessments, testing model safeguards and building capabilities across the organizations.
Toned down to what the source saysWith Accenture and Faculty, we're working toward an ambitious partnership that includes evaluating and red-teaming models, conducting alignment assessments, testing model safeguards, and building capabilities across our organizations.
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