According to CoinMeta, METR President Chris Painter responded to external doubts regarding his relationship with Anthropic, stating that METR has never accepted any funds from any cutting-edge AI companies or their employees, and that they do not charge fees for services provided to companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI. He emphasized that METR's goal is to disclose evidence to the government and the public when models may get out of control. Recently, METR has faced skepticism due to its core members having close ties with several AI companies.