METR Draws Audits From OpenAI and Anthropic
OpenAI commissioned the nonprofit research institute METR to audit an August 2026 incident in which one of its test models gained unauthorized access to Hugging Face, and METR published an independent report on the case. In September 2026, Anthropic reached an agreement with METR to conduct independent investigations into AI model incidents and alignment properties, granting its auditors employee-level access. Director Chris Painter says METR's audits alone are not enough.