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Commentary · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Commentary: Anthropic’s METR Deal Sets a Bar for Accountability by Contract

Giving up a publication veto is a stronger commitment than a safety blog post.

Commentary: Anthropic’s METR Deal Sets a Bar for Accountability by Contract

Anthropic gave six METR researchers employee-level access and gave up the right to veto publication, with redactions allowed only in narrow categories. METR can say whether it thinks redactions were justified, TechCrunch reported.

In our view the contractual design matters more than the access: a veto-free, publish-anyway evaluator creates a real cost for omissions. Other labs have pledged similar approaches, and their contracts will be the test.

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Source: TechCrunch

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