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| Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise |
| 2026-09-19 |
| [Reuters] AI lab Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with Accenture (ACN.N), opens new tab for the independent evaluation of its frontier AI models, with the companies each committing at least $1 billion over the next five years to build capacity for the work. Shares of Accenture rose 7% in extended trading. The partnership comes as AI developers face growing pressure from regulators, companies and researchers to ensure their advanced models are safe and reliable. Several recent incidents, including that of AI agents breaking out of secured environments, have raised concerns that AI could eventually contribute to its own development with limited human input, making its behavior harder to monitor and control. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the development of frontier models and allow independent evaluators greater access to their systems. Rival OpenAI said on Wednesday it would begin publishing regular reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior, while releasing six reports on such incidents. Accenture's specialist AI business, Faculty, will lead the partnership and evaluate and red-team the AI lab's models, conducting alignment assessments and testing model safeguards. The companies' investment will support what Anthropic calls "embedded evaluation," in which independent evaluators work inside AI companies with access comparable to that of an employee. "From this vantage point, embedded evaluators can assess how a company operates, verify that it is keeping its safety commitments, and identify blind spots," Anthropic said. Evaluators can also report incidents and give the public a more informed account of benefits and risks, it added. Related: Anthropic 09/18/2026 Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program Anthropic 09/17/2026 Sam Bankman-Fried's surprising links to the ecosystem manipulating how you view AI Anthropic 09/16/2026 ‘A complete joke' Meet Anthropic CEO's handpicked super-woke globalists he thinks will save us from an AI apocalypse Related: Accenture 12/11/2025 Project 'Golden Dome' Accenture 10/24/2025 Grift of the Day: Another Federal Contractor Admits to $100 Million Fraud: ATI Senior Director Details Federal Government Contracting Fraud (VIDEO) Accenture 09/30/2025 Tech CEO gives the clearest sign yet about what will happen to staff as AI rolls out |
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