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Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to assess AI risks

The company is also in early-stage talks with other organizations, including Hugging Face; the AI industry is hiring chaperones.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
Published 6:40 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by CNBC: “Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety practices”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 6:40 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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CNBCAnthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety practices

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnthropic says it is bringing in two nonprofits, METR and SecureBio, to help assess the risks and safety practices around its AI models.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCNBC says they're also in early talks with more groups, including Hugging Face. It's an AI safety squad, and it keeps growing!
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's outside people checking the work, which is what you want. Whoever writes this show is not getting an outside auditor, and I notice that.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'll audit it! I won't read it, but I'll be very supportive.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat's the same as the current setup.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBrock, whatever the forecast says, I hope you wrote it yourself.