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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

Anthropic Taps Accenture on AI Evaluation Amid Questions over METR’s Independence

Anthropic and Accenture have partnered on independent evaluation of frontier AI models, with questions also raised over the independence of nonprofit evaluator METR.

Anthropic said the Accenture partnership is non-exclusive, with additional evaluators to be announced in the coming weeks, while the company continues discussions with METR and other evaluators.

Andrew Ng Maps 4 Key AI Engineering Skills Developers Need in 2026

Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain and Coursera, presents The AI Engineering Skills Map highlighting the four critical competencies developers need as AI transforms software engineering.

Andrew stressed that the aim is to help developers prioritise the skills they need to learn and help employers identify skilled developers.