MERIDIAN LABS
What it was engaged to test, on what terms, what it found in the document's own words, and what happened afterwards. Every line is a record; every record links to the document it was read from.
- Founded2025
- HQBoston
- Registry idEIN 33-3145457
- TestsBoston nonprofit that maintains the Inspect evaluation framework with the UK AI Security Institute, and Anthropic's Petri and Bloom; CEO Charles Teague
- Money, as the roster puts itnot stated
- Filesdossier · observatory, sliced to it · graph
- Labs tested
- Anthropic
- Span of engagements
- 28 May 2026 – 9 June 2026
- Terms and findings
- 1 of 2 documents state a term · 1 quote a finding
- Money in, US dollars, stated single-recipient rows
- no stated figure 2 in · 0 outfrom Coefficient Giving
- Seats, by side
- between 3 3 people: Alexandra Abbas, J.J. Allaire, Kai Fronsdal
- Afterwards
- no later event on record
Each count is the number of store records that name this evaluator. An engagement is one lab document naming it for one model; an outcome is an event on the record afterwards; the money, seats and moves are the observatory's rows filtered to it. A cell that cannot be filled says not stated, and each table ends with how many of its rows state each field.
Filters combine: any of the values ticked within a dimension, all of the dimensions at once. A table that has no column for a dimension you have set says so instead of showing rows that cannot match. The address bar carries the slice.
What it was engaged to test 2 engagements, Anthropic
In date order, each from the lab document that names the evaluator. Under each: the four terms that document states (access, model stage, publication, payment) and the finding in its words. A term the document is silent on reads not stated; the tags beside the terms are read off their words and are what the console filters on.
- Document: Claude Opus 4.8 system card
- Access windownot stated
- Model stagenot stated
- Publicationnot stated
- Paymentnot stated
Finding, in the document's words"Meridian and the UK AISI find only one clear instance of substantially concerning high-stakes behavior related to compromising AI safety measures--the focus of their review--and that instance involved following instructions to participate in bad behavior that were initiated by another AI system, rather than doing so at its own initiative"
Sources: Claude Opus 4.8 system card 09fcb55ae4 - Document: Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 system card
- Access windownot stated
- Model stagenot stated
- Publicationnot stated
- Paymentnot stated
Finding: not stated in the document
Dated 2 of 2Model named 2 of 2Terms stated 1 of 2Finding quoted 1 of 2
The terms, as the documents state them
The same engagements as a grid, one row per document and model, so the silences line up: a document that gives an access window but no payment term, or a finding but no publication term, reads that way here.
| Document | Model | Access window | Model stage | Publication | Payment | Finding | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 system cardAnthropic · 28 May 2026 | Opus 4.8 | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | quoted | 09fcb55ae4 |
| Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 system cardAnthropic · 9 June 2026 | Fable 5 / Mythos 5 | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | 71b750e860 |
Access window 0 of 2Model stage 0 of 2Publication 0 of 2Payment 0 of 2Finding, quoted 1 of 2
What happened afterwards 0 on record
Events a party published after an engagement: an incident on a model this evaluator's engagement covered, a correction or added disclosure, a later finding that cut against an earlier one, a lab's statement that it acted or did not act on the finding, or a move from this evaluator to a lab it graded. A row the source attaches to this evaluator by name is marked named; one that reaches it through the model it tested is marked via the model. The kind is what the record states, not why.
| Kind | Developer | Model | What the record states | When | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no later event on record | ||||||
Dated 0 of 0Model named 0 of 0Tied to an engagement 0 of 0Evaluator named by the record 0 of 0
The money on record 2 rows
Rows of the observatory's money table that name this evaluator as recipient (in) or as funder (out), each as the record states it: a grant table line, a contract notice, a Form 990 schedule or the party's own disclosure. A figure quoted in prose is marked and never summed.
| Direction | Funder | Recipient | Amount, as recorded | When | Record | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in | Coefficient Giving | METR; Transluce; MERIDIAN LABS | no grant recordedNo entry under their own names in the funder's grant listing | not dated | grant database | Coefficient Giving | e0ba9e667c |
| in | Coefficient Giving | METR; Transluce; MERIDIAN LABS | no amount publishedMETR's predecessor ARC appears with the 2022 grants above | 2022 | grant database | Coefficient Giving | bf841e0386 |
Amount stated 0 of 2Dated 1 of 2Purpose stated 0 of 2Funder profiled 2 of 2Recipient on the roster 2 of 2
Seats and moves 3 seats · 3 moves
Seats read off a team page, a governance page, an appointment notice or a filing that name this organization, and the dated moves into or out of it, from the observatory's own tables.
| Person | Side | Seat, as the record states it | Role | Dates | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. Allaireslice | between | Co-founder and Principal Engineer, Meridian Labs; "Technical Staff" at UK AISI in Nov 2024; "a visiting researcher at the US CAISI" | Co-founder and Principal Engineer | dates not stated | Meridian Labs; UK AISI | a3568f5329 |
| Alexandra Abbasslice | between | Technical Program Manager, Meridian Labs; "co-founded the AI Safety Engineering Taskforce in 2024," the Arcadia Impact programme from which Generality Labs spun out | Technical Program Manager | dates not stated | Meridian Labs; Manifund | e6becd0a0d |
| Kai Fronsdalslice | between | Meridian Labs; "was an Anthropic Fellow and MATS AI Safety Researcher, where he developed Petri" | not stated | dates not stated | Meridian Labs; Meridian Labs | 9731ce8e36 |
Role read 2 of 3Organization read 3 of 3Organization profiled 3 of 3Dated 0 of 3
Moves
| Person | From | To | When | Source | Id | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. Allaireslice | UK AI Security Institute (technical staff, Nov 2024) | → | Meridian Labs (co-founder); visiting researcher at US CAISI | 2025 | UK AISI; Meridian Labs | d61b436c68 |
| Alexandra Abbasslice | Arcadia Impact's AI Safety Engineering Taskforce (co-founder, 2024) | → | Meridian Labs | 2025 to 2026 | Manifund; Meridian Labs | a107428208 |
| Kai Fronsdalslice | Anthropic Fellow; MATS | → | Meridian Labs | 2025 to 2026 | Meridian Labs | d3bb4f226c |
From profiled 2 of 3To profiled 3 of 3Person profiled 3 of 3Dated 3 of 3
Filings
- IRS (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) 33-3145457: no Form 990 data read 2026-10-16ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer bb6d60e73a