# Anthropic cancels compute allocation assessment in METR pilot

> Original title: We agreed to pilot a compute allocation assessment, but Anthropic canceled this portion of the pilot (before we came to any substantial c...

- Source: METR
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:36:46.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/vjueoin9sz3gehovwh4seirqr
- Original: https://x.com/METR_Evals/status/2118412220900249834

## Summary

Anthropic canceled the compute allocation assessment portion of its pilot with METR before the two reached substantial conclusions. Anthropic says it wants to keep the focus on risk assessment for now and will revisit the compute work later.

## Post

We agreed to pilot a compute allocation assessment, but Anthropic canceled this portion of the pilot (before we came to any substantial conclusions). Anthropic stated this was to keep the focus on risk assessment for the time being, and that it would revisit this later on.