[Anthropic Grants Internal Access to METR, Six Employees Authorized to Audit Models and Safety Practices] According to DeepTech TechFlow, on October 16, Anthropic announced that six employees from the nonprofit organization METR have been granted access to the company's hardware, office space, and internal tools to audit its AI models and safety practices. It was disclosed that the level of access granted to these six individuals is roughly equivalent to that of Anthropic's internal risk team. METR is a nonprofit research institution focused on evaluating the capabilities of cutting-edge AI models. This internal access signifies that its auditing work will no longer be limited to external testing. Anthropic has not disclosed the duration of this access or the specific scope of the audit.