Anthropic to involve Accenture in AI safety assessment — TechCrunch

Anthropic partners with Accenture's Faculty to evaluate its AI models, investing at least $1 billion over five years. The collaboration aims to 'red-team' models, with funding initially from Anthropic but potentially shifting to pooled or government sources. Over 100 AI researchers, including Geoffrey Hinton, advocate for independent evaluators in a public letter, according to the company.

Anthropic chose Accenture as its first embedded evaluator, investing $1B over 5 years. CEO Dario Amodei proposed slowing AI development, with third-party evaluators monitoring safety. Anthropic plans an IPO and is discussing partnerships with other evaluators.

Accenture (ACN) stock rose 7.3% after hours following a $1B+ partnership with Anthropic for AI safety testing. The deal involves a dedicated team and access to Anthropic's models. Despite a downgrade from Guggenheim, Deutsche Bank raised its price target. The broader market showed little movement.

Anthropic announced that Accenture's AI division, Faculty, will evaluate its AI models and staff, with both companies investing at least $1 billion over five years. Accenture's shares rose 8% after hours. Anthropic plans to add more evaluators, including non-profits like METR, to enhance AI safety and alignment.

Anthropic and Accenture agreed to a $2 billion deal to enhance AI safety protocols. Each will invest at least $1 billion over five years. Accenture's shares rose 8.8% in after-hours trading. The partnership will involve a team of evaluators to test safety models, leveraging Accenture's recent acquisition of Faculty.

Anthropic and Accenture (ACN) will each invest $1B over five years to evaluate frontier AI models. The partnership, led by Accenture's Faculty, focuses on model assessments and safeguard testing. Anthropic aims to embed evaluators within AI companies for better oversight and safety verification.