Anthropic partners with Accenture to embed evaluators within Anthropic, including red teaming models and conducting alignment assessments (Anthropic)
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Anthropic has partnered with Accenture to embed third-party evaluators within its organization. The evaluators will conduct red-team testing and alignment assessments of Anthropic’s models. Accenture has been selected as the first embedded evaluator for these AI safety reviews.
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How it was reported
- TechMeme·Anthropic partners with Accenture to embed evaluators within Anthropic, including red teaming models and conducting alignment assessments (Anthropic)
- TechCrunch·Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?
- Engadget·Anthropic picks Accenture for third-party AI safety evaluations
Anthropic has contracted Accenture to conduct third-party safety evaluations of its frontier AI models, embedding evaluators within the company to monitor training, deployment decisions, and employee interactions. Both firms will invest at least $1 billion each over five years to support this joint effort. The partnership is part of CEO Dario Amodei’s plan to slow AI development by requiring ongoing, employee-like access for external safety reviewers.
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