AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first
THE SO WHAT
If your model endpoints and agent permissions are wide open, an in-house "auditor" is theater, not safety. Operators should be hardening access controls, identity, and sandboxing now—treat eval teams as a second line of defense, not the first.
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