From their website:
Formerly "ARC Evals", METR was incubated at the Alignment Research Center and is now a standalone non-profit.
METR is a research nonprofit that works on assessing whether cutting-edge AI systems could pose catastrophic risks to society.
We build the science of accurately assessing risks, so that humanity is informed before developing transformative AI systems.
From theirwebsite:External links
METR. Official website.