Anthropic tabs Accenture as embedded evaluator to help with AI slowdown proposal

2026-09-21

Anthropic has chosen Accenture and its AI business Faculty as its first embedded evaluator to help implement a proposed slowdown in AI development. The partnership aims to evaluate models, conduct alignment assessments, and test safeguards. Anthropic and Accenture each expect to invest at least $1 billion in the project over the next five years.