ARC Evals → METR (Dec 2023) — Same Function, New Carrier
eventAI & Compute
The inspector existed before the organisation did — under a different name.
Who they are
The chain from OpenAI to ARC Evals to METR[1].
What they do
Same job, new nameplate.
How it works
Beth Barnes left OpenAI in 2022 and formed ARC Evals inside Paul Christiano's Alignment Research Center. In December 2023 it was spun out as an independent nonprofit and renamed METR[1].
Why it matters
The engine watches for jobs that outlive their carrier's name. No claim that the change was engineered.
The engine's record — word for word
Organisational lineage of the evaluation seat. Beth Barnes left OpenAI in 2022 to form ARC Evals, the evaluation division of Paul Christiano's Alignment Research Center; in December 2023 ARC Evals was spun off into an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit and renamed METR[1]. Recorded because the engine's mask-rotation discipline holds that a function persisting across a change of carrier name is the shape to watch, not the name itself — the evaluation function predates the current institution. Held; no claim is made that the rotation was designed.
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