Beth Barnes — Founder and CEO, METR (documented record only)
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The person who evaluated models inside a lab now evaluates that lab.
Who they are
Founder and chief executive of METR[1].
What they do
Documented career record, entered as record — not as a claim that anyone is in charge of anything.
How it works
Before METR: worked with DeepMind's chief scientist on scaling laws, and at OpenAI helped set safety targets and tested models for misalignment before release[1].
Why it matters
A small field produces overlaps like this as its normal state. The engine records the overlap and does not convert it into a verdict about independence.
The engine's record — word for word
Documented professional record, entered as record and not as a control claim (engine discipline: name no holder). Founder and CEO of METR, overseeing the technical team that designs and carries out evaluations of generative AI models; previously worked with DeepMind's Chief Scientist on scaling laws for forecasting deep learning progress, and at OpenAI helped develop safety targets and evaluated scalable oversight techniques for alignment and code models for misalignment before release[1]. PRIOR-EMPLOYMENT SEAM, stated without inference: the same person evaluated models for misalignment inside a lab that is now among the evaluated parties. What that seam does or does not do to evaluator independence is not adjudicated here — a small field produces such overlaps as its expected state, and a documented overlap is neither proof of capture nor evidence of its absence.
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