Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?
Executive Take
Self-policing only works if evaluators can publish findings the company dislikes. Watch whether these evaluators get real veto power or just a seat at the table.
Executive Summary
Anthropic and OpenAI plan to embed outside safety evaluators directly inside their labs, giving researchers unprecedented internal access to review AI systems. Outside researchers welcomed the access but said real oversight still requires transparency, true independence from the companies, and eventual government regulation.
Why It Matters
AI leaders and policy teams need to know whether "independent" safety review is real or just good PR before trusting a lab's safety claims. This shapes how much regulatory cover these companies can claim going forward.
Bizquad Perspective
The real test isn't access, it's whether evaluators can publish bad news without losing funding or future access, and no lab has committed to that yet.