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# Beth Barnes

Founder, METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) (as of 2026-10-17; source: https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/17/who-watching-ai-companies-handpicked-berkeley-safety-groups/).

Founded METR (late 2023), the evaluator given employee-like access to Anthropic in Oct 2026; previously worked at DeepMind and OpenAI (SF Standard)

## In the news (1 event, newest first)

- 2026-10-15: [Anthropic gives METR employee-like access and veto-free publication rights](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-15-anthropic-metr-employee-level-access/), Policy & safety. This is the first public case of a frontier lab placing outside evaluators inside the company with publication rights it cannot veto.

## Videos (1)

- 2026-08-11: [We have 3 years to solve alignment before superintelligence](https://postcutoff.com/v/80000-hours-geoffrey-irving-3-years-to-solve-alignment/), 80,000 Hours, YouTube, interview, 20,902 views as of 15 October 2026.

Profile checked 2026-10-17.