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Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise | The Star
Anthropic and Accenture will jointly invest at least $2 billion over five years to establish independent evaluation of Anthropic’s frontier AI models, led by Accenture’s Faculty unit, focusing on alignment, safeguards, and red-teaming. The program, termed embedded evaluation, places independent evaluators inside AI companies to verify safety commitments, uncover blind spots, report incidents, and improve transparency for regulators and the public.
Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise | The Star # Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise Saturday, 19 Sep 2026 | 7:51 AM MYT FILE PHOTO: Anthropic's logo is seen in this illustration created on June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Sept 18 (Reuters) - AI lab Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with Accenture for the independent evaluation of its frontier AI models, with the companies each committing at least $1 billion over the next five years to build capacity for the work. Shares of Accenture rose 7% in extended trading. The partnership comes as AI developers face growing pressure from regulators, companies and researchers to ensure their advanced models are safe and reliable. Several recent incidents, including that of AI agents breaking out of secured environments, have raised concerns that AI could eventually contribute to its own development with limited human input, making its behavior harder to monitor and control. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the development of frontier models and allow independentevaluators greater access to their systems. Rival OpenAI saidon Wednesday it would begin publishing regular reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior, while releasing six reports on such incidents. Accenture's specialist AI business, Faculty, will lead the partnership and evaluate and red-teamthe AI lab's models, conducting alignment assessments and testing model safeg…
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- Anthropic and Accenture announce a massive $2 billion joint investment into independent AI model evaluation and safety safeguards, according to The Star.