Report: OpenAI and Anthropic pressured safety evaluators

EXCLUSIVE from Reuters: Anthropic and OpenAI were pushing for control over what INDEPENDENT AI SAFETY EVALUATORS could publish as recently as October 5. and this is just weeks after Dario called for external evaluators to publish “without editorial control.” “For new evaluator firms, Anthropic said it reserved the right to comment on and approve reports as the reviewers learn how its models operate and establish a working relationship. The language AI labs already use in certain contracts with firms that evaluate ⁠their models can bar those firms from publishing confidential information in their reports without the companies' consent, according to a contract seen by Reuters”