METR Organization
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A METR Organization is an independent non-profit AI evaluation organization that conducts AI capability assessments and AI safety evaluations (through empirical studies and benchmark development).
- AKA: Model Evaluation and Threat Research, METR Institute, METR AI Safety Organization.
- Context:
- It can typically conduct AI Capability Studies measuring AI system performance across AI task domains.
- It can typically develop AI Evaluation Frameworks for assessing AI safety risks and AI capability emergence.
- It can typically perform AI Agent Evaluations testing autonomous AI systems for dangerous capability.
- It can typically analyze AI Progress Patterns including AI doubling times and AI capability trajectory.
- It can typically inform AI Policy Decisions through empirical evidence and risk assessment.
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- It can often focus on AI Existential Risk evaluation and AI capability threshold identification.
- It can often collaborate with AI Development Labs for pre-deployment evaluation and safety testing.
- It can often publish AI Research Findings influencing AI safety discourse and development practice.
- It can often employ AI Researchers specializing in AI evaluation methodology and safety assessment.
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- It can range from being a Small METR Team to being a Large METR Organization, depending on its organizational scale.
- It can range from being a Research-Focused METR Organization to being a Policy-Focused METR Organization, depending on its activity emphasis.
- It can range from being a Public METR Organization to being a Confidential METR Organization, depending on its transparency level.
- It can range from being a Independent METR Organization to being a Collaborative METR Organization, depending on its partnership model.
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- It can integrate with AI Development Companies for capability evaluation.
- It can connect to AI Safety Community for risk assessment coordination.
- It can support Government Agencies through regulatory guidance.
- It can inform AI Investment Decisions via capability timeline assessment.
- It can enhance AI Safety Standards through evaluation protocol development.
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- Example(s):
- METR Study Programs, such as:
- METR Doubling Times Study (2025), analyzing AI capability growth rates across domains.
- METR Developer Productivity Study (2025), revealing AI tool impacts on software developers.
- METR Agent Capability Assessment (2024), evaluating AI autonomous system risks.
- AI Safety Evaluation Organizations, such as:
- Apollo Research, conducting AI deception research and model evaluation.
- Redwood Research, focusing on AI alignment techniques and safety methodology.
- MIRI (Machine Intelligence Research Institute), researching AI alignment theory and safety foundations.
- AI Evaluation Initiatives, such as:
- AI Safety Evaluations Team at major labs conducting internal safety assessments.
- UK AI Safety Institute, performing government-backed AI evaluations.
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework, establishing AI evaluation standards.
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- METR Study Programs, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- AI Development Companies, which build rather than evaluate AI systems.
- AI Advocacy Organizations, which promote policy without conducting empirical evaluation.
- Academic AI Labs, which focus on capability advancement rather than safety evaluation.
- See: AI Safety Organization, AI Evaluation Task, AI Capability Assessment, AI Risk Management, AI Doubling Time, AI Safety Research, Existential Risk, AI Governance, Empirical AI Study.