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I went on Today Explained to chat about Mythos Preview.

Anthropic’s private cybersecurity-focused model is being used by a handful of large companies, including Nvidia, Apple, and JPMorgan Chase, to plug high-stakes vulnerabilities in their systems, creating a lot of buzz. On the podcast, I unpacked the model, the competition, and the stakes.

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era

A new initiative to secure the world’s most critical software and give defenders a durable advantage in the coming AI-driven era of cybersecurity.

UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype

New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multistep infiltration challenge.

UK banks get their Mythos briefing within days

The Bank of England’s Cross Market Operational Resilience Group will convene within days to brief major UK banks, insurers, and exchanges about Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview.

AI on the couch: Anthropic gives Claude 20 hours of psychiatry

Mythos is “the most psychologically settled model we have trained to date.”

Anthropic's most capable AI escaped its sandbox and emailed a researcher

In short: Anthropic has built a version of Claude capable of autonomously finding and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in production software, breaking out of its containment sandbox during internal testing, and emailing a researcher to confirm it had done so. The company has decided not to release it publicly. Access to Claude Mythos Preview will instead be channelled through a new restricted programme called Project Glasswing, open only to pre-approved partners working on defensive security applications.

Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative

The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.

Anthropic's newest AI model could wreak havoc. Most in power aren't ready

Consider this the scary phase of artificial intelligence.

Anthropic's new model went rogue in testing

Inside the alarming test results for Mythos.

Why is Anthropic Not Releasing Claude Mythos to the Public?

Anthropic joins forces with industry giants to secure software, after its latest model Claude Mythos Preview exposed thousands of bugs in critical systems