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title: "Anthropic gives METR employee-level access to publish independent risk assessments"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/anthropic-gives-metr-employee-level-access-to-publish-independent-risk-a-ea27cd
source_name: "TechCrunch"
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/anthropic-is-letting-metr-researchers-look-under-the-hood-with-employee-level-access/
published: 2026-10-15T19:14:26.000Z
topics: ["policy", "security"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Anthropic gives METR employee-level access to publish independent risk assessments

*2026-10-15 · Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/anthropic-is-letting-metr-researchers-look-under-the-hood-with-employee-level-access/)*

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look inside the company with employee-level access. METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic's risks, incidents and practices. Anthropic has given up the right to block those publications.

**Why it matters:** Third-party evaluators have usually worked within limits set by the lab, and this removes the veto over publication. It sets a precedent for external oversight that other labs will be pressed to match. It lands as OpenAI and Anthropic tell UK lawmakers they want to be regulated.

**Topics:** policy, security

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