Gary Marcus lists three Amodei reversals in seven days: METR/Accenture as "independent" monitors, a quiet wet lab, and an IPO-timed model
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Marcus's September 19 post argues Amodei's September 12 "pace the frontier" essay collapsed within a week. He names the two monitors Anthropic picked (METR, which he says shares "the same Bay Area ideology and social circles as Anthropic," and Accenture, an existing commercial partner), the September 18 Reuters report of a quietly established Bay Area wet lab, and the September 19 report that Anthropic is weighing a fast counter-release ahead of its IPO. The through-line for builders: treat the evaluator-independence commitments in AEF-1-style pledges as claims to check, not facts.