Accenture, Anthropic To Build Embedded AI Evaluator Team

04:51 PM EDT, 09/18/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Accenture (ACN) and Anthropic said Friday they are partnering to establish a team of embedded evaluators to work alongside Anthropic's internal teams and safety partners on evaluating and red-teaming AI models. The team will conduct alignment assessments and test model safeguards, the companies said. Each company expects to invest at least $1 billion over five years in AI safety. Accenture will draw on its responsible AI and technical expertise through its acquisition of Faculty, an applied AI company with experience testing and evaluating models for AI labs.