Viral report alleges Anthropic’s AI safety watchdog conflicted
New research has accused Anthropic of using “AI doom” media narratives to pump Dustin Moskovitz’s equity in the company to fund foundations that support its safety evaluator and curiously positive safety reviews. Substack author Kevin Bass made the claim in a lengthy X post on Monday. In the post, he also calls for a Congressional investigation into the alleged financial conflicts of interest at Anthropic’s AI safety evaluator. It has so far drawn nearly 5 million views on social media. Protos has not evaluated its veracity. Focusing on the equity relationships between Anthropic and Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR), the entity that checks its frontier AI models for safety, the Analysis prompted several observers to report “SBF flashbacks.” I have conducted an audit of Anthropic's finances. What I have found is so shocking that I am calling for a Congressional investigation. Anthropic is not just seeking regulatory capture. It has buil...