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Apollo Research, 2025-11-26; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 3 self (apollo)confirmed

Our Norms on Security, Science Communication and Conflicts of Interest

https://www.apolloresearch.ai/blog/our-norms-coi-security-science-communication/

Four COI rules: no contingent compensation; no side grants/investments from evaluated orgs; recusal; no misrepresentation. States labs pay fair market value. [verify 2026-09-15] fetched; page reachable, citation matches; 1 quoted span(s) found verbatim

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  • Apollo Research, G (for): Published four-rule COI policy: no outcome-contingent pay, no side grants or investments from evaluated labs, recusal for financial interests, no misrepresentation.“We do not accept work where compensation is contingent upon the outcome”
  • Apollo Research, F (against): Requests fair-market-value compensation from the parties it evaluates; revenue depends on evaluated labs.“we generally request that the parties for whom we conduct work compensate us at a fair market value for the work”
  • Apollo Research, P (for): Recusal rule for any individual with a financial interest in an evaluated organization.“We recuse any individual who is considered to have a financial interest in an organization we are evaluating”
  • Apollo Research, M (for): Publishes evaluation methodology and papers; differential publishing policy documented.“We engage in differential publishing”

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