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Summary of METR's predeployment evaluation of GPT-5.6 Sol
Note on independence: This evaluation was conducted under a standard NDA. Due to the sensitive information shared with METR as part of this evaluation, OpenAI’s comms and legal team required review and approval of this post.1
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Frontier Risk Report (February to March 2026)
Read the full report at metr.org/frontier-risk-report. This Substack post includes only the executive summary.
Assessment Window: Feb 16, 2026 – Mar 16, 2026
Redaction summary statement: Except where explicitly noted in the report, there...
前沿 AI 风险报告（2026 年 2–3 月）
评估时段： 2026 年 2 月 16 日至 3 月 16 日
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关于删节： 除报告中明确标注之处外，参评公司没有删去任何会影响我们结论的重要信息。
报告摘要与导读
2026 年 2 月，METR 开展了一项试点研究，对前沿 AI 公司在实验室内部使用 AI 智能体时可能出现的不对齐风险进行了评估。Anthropic、Google、Meta 和 OpenAI 参与了这项试点。报告正文分为三部分：
第一部分中，我们阐述了这项试点研究的设计动机和...
Measuring the Self-Reported Impact of Early-2026 AI on Technical Worker Productivity
In February–April 2026, we ran a survey of 349 technical workers (including 87 software engineers, 71 researchers, 129 academics and PhD students, and 48 founders and managers) about their usage of AI tools. Compared to previous work, our s...
Review of the “Risks from automated R&D” section in the Anthropic Risk Report (February 2026)
We reviewed the “Risks from automated R&D” section of Anthropic’s February 2026 Risk Report, producing two corresponding review documents: our original review and our updated review. We recommend that readers refer to our original review, w...
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METR researches, develops and runs cutting-edge tests of AI capabilities, including broad autonomous capabilities and the ability of AI systems to conduct AI R&D.
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METR researches, develops and runs cutting-edge tests of AI capabilities, including broad autonomous capabilities and the ability of AI systems to conduct AI R&D.
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