Evaluator Bench
SecureBio (Jeff Kaufman, EA Forum), 2026-08; retrieved 2026-09-15 tier 3 self (securebio)confirmed

Thoughts on taking OpenAI Foundation funding

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/dMfgJQ2rGX8GmzdMm/thoughts-on-taking-openai-foundation-funding

States that the company being evaluated typically pays for the evaluation, that OpenAI PBC covered SecureBio's costs for the GPT 5.5 evaluation, and that leadership would resign if the grant were used as leverage. Already cited by ledger row T23. Fetched 2026-09-15; spans present.

Signals citing this source

  • SecureBio, F (against): Labs typically pay for evaluations of their own models; OpenAI covered the cost of the GPT-5.5 assessment.“OpenAI PBC covered SecureBio's costs for the GPT 5.5 evaluation”
  • SecureBio, G (for): Two-division structure with a stated firewall; leadership committed publicly to resign and disclose if the grant were used as leverage on evaluations.“I'll say so publicly and use whatever leverage I have to stop it (up to and including resignation)”

Ledger rows citing this URL

  • T23 OpenAI covered the cost of the GPT-5.5 evaluation confirmed