TechCrunch Industry News

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access; plus, AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars

TechCrunch Industry News

Show Notes

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More from TechCrunch Industry News

Oct 23, 2026

MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.

Oct 22, 2026

Uber previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.

Oct 21, 2026

The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.

Oct 20, 2026

A number of developers and vibe coders have recently been sharing solutions for “vibe-coding” your TV to get rid of sponsored ads, speed up the app launcher, redesign the home screen, disable tracking features, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2026

"You Can See Everything" is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.

See all episodes →