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NY Post: Anthropic's AI watchdogs form 'incestuous' web with overlapping leadership and funding

Investigation reveals Redwood Research, METR, and other safety nonprofits share board members, funding ties, and investors with Anthropic CEO.

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What to know

  • Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has endorsed AI safety watchdogs Redwood Research and METR despite extensive shared leadership, funding ties, and investor relationships between the organizations.
  • Key personnel including Holden Karnofsky (Anthropic employee married to Amodei's sister) and Paul Christiano (former Amodei housemate) hold simultaneous positions across Anthropic, Redwood, and funding entities.
  • Coefficient Giving, co-founded by Karnofsky, has granted Redwood $36 million and recommended $70 million more in funding while also backing METR's predecessor organization.
  • Critics argue the overlapping network makes independent oversight impossible and allows Amodei to control which groups can monitor AI development.

“This is a reasonable thing that people should be aware of – that there are all of these groups that are colluding and essentially consist of the same people.”

Perry Metzger, Alliance for the Future chairman · New York Post ↗

Dario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEOHolden Karnofsky Anthropic employee and Redwood board memberPerry Metzger Alliance for the Future chairmanPaul Christiano Redwood Research board member and ARC leaderRedwood Research AI safety nonprofitMETR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) AI safety nonprofit

NY Post: Anthropic's AI watchdogs form 'incestuous' web with overlapping leadership and funding
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    NY Post details interconnected AI watchdog network backing Anthropic

    The Post published an investigation alleging that Anthropic has positioned multiple nonprofits—Redwood Research and METR—as independent AI safety monitors despite extensive financial and personal ties linking them to the company's leadership.

    “It's not just one handpicked AI safety "watchdog" that Anthropic has on a leash – it's an entire phony ecosystem of woke elitists that's supposedly policing artificial intelligence's alleged threats to humanity.”
    — New York Post
  2. background

    Perry Metzger warns the watchdog network cannot be independent — The Alliance for the Future chairman argues that the overlapping leadership and funding make genuine independent oversight impossible, characterizing the arrangement as designed to give Amodei control over which groups can monitor AI development.

  3. background

    Paul Christiano identified with roles in Redwood, Anthropic, and ARC — The Post reports that Paul Christiano, Redwood's original board member and former OpenAI housemate of Dario Amodei, also served as an Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust trustee and currently leads the Alignment Research Center.

  4. background

    Report maps funding flows between Anthropic-linked entities and watchdog groups — The Post documents that Coefficient Giving—co-founded by Karnofsky and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz—granted Redwood $36 million in November 2025 and recommended $70 million more, while also funding METR's predecessor, the Alignment Research Center, with $1.5 million in 2022.

  5. background

    Investigation reveals Holden Karnofsky's dual roles in Anthropic and Redwood — The Post identifies that Redwood Research's original board member Holden Karnofsky is both an Anthropic employee and married to CEO Dario Amodei's sister Daniela Amodei, while also co-founding Coefficient Giving, which has granted Redwood $36 million.

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