Anthropic gives METR employee-level access to publish independent risk assessments

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.