What differs
- Focus: Apollo Research centers on scheming, strategic deception, sabotage, and evaluation awareness; METR centers on frontier agent and loss-of-control risk assessments.
- Structure: Apollo states it is now a Public Benefit Corporation and also offers a runtime monitoring product (Watcher); METR is a nonprofit.
- Payment: METR states it does not accept payment or donations from frontier AI companies; Apollo’s pages checked do not state whether its evaluations are paid.
- Outputs: Apollo’s assessments appear in developers’ system cards; METR publishes risk reports and pre-deployment evaluation reports.
- Published security certifications: none found for either.
Who each tends to fit
Developers focused on deception and scheming risk may look at Apollo Research. Those wanting a publicly reported autonomy and loss-of-control assessment from an organization that declines industry payment may look at METR.
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