Independent AI evaluators gain a bigger role as funding and rules remain unsettled

CNBC reports that Anthropic and OpenAI are turning to small third-party evaluators such as METR, Apollo Research and Transluce as federal regulation remains absent.

Questions over how those evaluators are funded, what access they receive and how they report findings remain unresolved, while California has passed laws on independent verification organizations and an OpenAI employee dismissal has raised concerns about third-party communication.