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Policy Director at METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research); works on frontier AI safety evaluations and third-party risk assessment
This is more evidence that society is not prepared for the potential catastrophic risks posed by AI.
AI Verified source (Feb 24, 2026)
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AI Verified TIME’s article “Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge,” published Feb. 24, 2026, contains the exact sentence “This is more evidence that society is not prepared for the potential catastrophic risks posed by AI.” and attributes it to Chris Painter (“Painter tells TIME”). The provided Time URL corresponds to that article, so the stored quote text, author, date, and source URL are consistent with the source. ([time.com](https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago
Disputed TIME’s February 24, 2026 article does attribute the underlying remarks to Chris Painter, but not in the exact form supplied. The source has one direct quote praising transparent risk reporting, a separate paraphrased statement that he was concerned about a frog-boiling effect, and another separate quote saying risk-assessment methods are not keeping up and that society is unprepared. Because the submitted version fuses those passages and inserts [but am], it is not verbatim. ([time.com](https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge//)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified. The Time source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search confirmed the quote from the Feb 24, 2026 Time exclusive "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge": Painter likes "the emphasis on transparent risk reporting and publicly verifiable safety roadmaps" but is "concerned" that moving away from binary thresholds "might enable a 'frog-boiling' effect, where danger slowly ramps up without a single moment that sets off alarms," and that "methods to assess and mitigate risk are not keeping up with the pace of capabilities... more evidence that society is not prepared for the potential catastrophic risks posed by AI." Attribution to Chris Painter (Policy Director at METR) is correct and year 2026 is current. The "for" vote on "Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models" aligns with his support for transparent risk reporting and publicly verifiable safety roadmaps. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
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