METR secures $71M for AI risk research, maintains independence

METR has secured approximately $71 million in funding over the last six months to support its ambitious projects. These initiatives include studying autonomous capabilities, monitoring recursive self-improvement, evaluating AI monitoring systems, and conducting risk assessments. The organization emphasized its commitment to independence from frontier AI companies, noting that it has not accepted direct funding from them, though it does utilize free tokens provided by these companies for its research. AI

IMPACT This funding will enable METR to expand its research into critical AI safety areas, potentially influencing future AI development and deployment practices.

RANK_REASON Significant funding round for an AI safety and research organization. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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• David Farhi
• Dylan Field
• Geoff Ralston
• Jane Street
• Packard Foundation
• Schmidt Sciences
• Sijbrandij Foundation
• Steve Newman
• The Audacious Project
• The Pew Charitable Trusts

• funding
• safety

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