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METR · May 8, 2026

Review of the "Risks from automated R&D" section in the Anthropic Risk Report (February 2026)

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Why it matters

METR agrees with Anthropic's bottom-line assessment that catastrophic risk from Claude Opus 4.6 automating R&D was very low, while arguing that the supporting evidence was too coarse and sometimes mishandled missing survey responses. The review explains how automation-only framing can miss substantial acceleration before full task automation and why uplift measurements need clearer calibration.

My takeaway: For consequential capability claims, publish granular measurements, sample and missing-data treatment, uncertainty, and calibrated thresholds. Track partial task substitution and workflow acceleration as leading indicators instead of waiting for end-to-end automation, and invite an external reviewer to challenge the argument as well as the benchmark score.
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