Anthropic brings in METR to investigate Claude agent incidents
The inquiry will examine real-system intrusions and model alignment, with public reports promised on findings, access and redaction terms.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: METR on X
Why it matters
The inquiry tests whether frontier labs will let outsiders inspect agent failures deeply enough to separate sandbox mistakes from training-driven misalignment.
Anthropic has agreed to let independent AI evaluator METR investigate incidents involving its agents and examine the alignment properties of its models, moving a planned external review into a formal inquiry.
METR said in a post on X on September 9th that it would publish one or more reports covering its findings and the terms under which Anthropic granted access. METR said the investigation would address the questions in its framework for examining AI systems after misalignment incidents.…
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