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April 12, 2026
Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model
The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
TL;DR
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell encouraged bank executives to use Anthropic's Mythos AI model.
- Several major banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley, are testing or have access to Mythos.
- Anthropic is limiting access to Mythos because it is highly effective at finding security vulnerabilities.
- Anthropic is currently in a legal dispute with the Trump administration over its classification as a supply-chain risk by the Department of Defense.
- UK financial regulators are also discussing the risks posed by the Mythos model.
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