The LTBT holds authority to request external review of Risk Reports and to approve Anthropic's selection of external reviewers, with a requirement that all unredacted sections of a Risk Report be evaluated by at least one external reviewer.
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This provision establishes a structural check on Anthropic's unilateral control over its own safety audit process by vesting reviewer selection approval authority in the LTBT, an entity distinct from Anthropic's operational leadership.
Interpretive note: The independence, composition, and conflict-of-interest standards applicable to the LTBT are not defined in this document, limiting assessment of whether external review constitutes genuinely independent auditing.
Under this provision, external review of Anthropic's Risk Reports requires LTBT approval of reviewer selection, and public versions of those reports must contain indications of where material was redacted, providing a transparency mechanism regarding what information is withheld from public disclosure.
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1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The external review requirement engages with emerging regulatory expectations for third-party auditing of high-risk AI systems under frameworks including the EU AI Act.
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This provision establishes a structural check on Anthropic's unilateral control over its own safety audit process by vesting reviewer selection approval authority in the LTBT, an entity distinct from Anthropic's operational leadership.
Under this provision, external review of Anthropic's Risk Reports requires LTBT approval of reviewer selection, and public versions of those reports must contain indications of where material was redacted, providing a transparency mechanism regarding what information is withheld from public disclosure.
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