Anthropic's Mythos AI model sparks global concern over advanced hacking capabilities
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UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype
Last week, Anthropic announced it was restricting the initial release of its Mythos Preview model to "a limited group of critical industry partners," giving them time to prepare for a model that it said is "strikingly capable at computer security tasks." Now, the UK government's AI Security
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What is Mythos and why are experts worried about Anthropic's AI model
The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims In the wake of Anthropic's announcement of its latest artificial intelligence model, Mythos, on April 7, the company
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Mythos Access Must Be Granted on Level Playing Field, Nagel Says
Anthropic's Mythos model should be shared with affected organizations to ensure a level playing field in assessing its uses and dangers, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel. The artificial intelligence platform, whose advances pose cyber threats to the global economy, shouldn't be held
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Anthropic plans to provide Mythos access to European banks soon, sources say
NEW YORK/PARIS, April 21 (Reuters) - Anthropic plans to provide access to its Mythos AI model to European banks soon, three people familiar with the matter said, as global banks scramble to test the technology after large U.S. banks were given initial access. Mythos is viewed by cybersecurity
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The risks of Mythos are no myth
The exploits of Anthropic's powerful new AI model Claude Mythos Preview sound like a movie plot: a super-clever computer system locked in a cyber "cage" manages to break out and connect to the internet. Mythos did not do this spontaneously, to be clear, but because its creators challenged it as a
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Claude Mythos can exploit decades-old vulnerabilities, but Anthropic is keeping it locked down
Abhinav pivoted from a career in banking to pursue his first love in writing. Even while working full-time, he continued contributing as an editor-at-large, a role he has held for more than 7 years. A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018,
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What is Anthopic's Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?
In recent weeks, the AI world has been a-buzz following claims made by leading firm, Anthropic, regarding its new model, Claude Mythos. The company says it found the tool can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks, which has prompted discussions by regulators, legislators and
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German Banks Aren't Panicking Over Mythos AI Threat, Sewing Says
Germany's banks are well-prepared for heightened cyber risks as Anthropic's new artificial intelligence model sparks global fears of a new era for computer hacks, said Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing. "It's certainly not something that leads to panic or alarm bells
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Europe must prevent misuse of Anthropic's Mythos, Bundesbank chief warns
FRANKFURT, April 21 (Reuters) - Banking authorities must prevent the misuse of Anthropic's Mythos, its most advanced AI model to date, which opens the door to new and sophisticated cyber risks, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday. "Mythos is an AI model that appears capable of
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The Mythos cyber scare signals the economics of AI scarcity
The idea that an AI model might be able to pick holes in much of today's most widely used software has sent a shockwave through the cyber security world and left banks and others scrambling to assess the threat to their core technology. To limit the fallout, Anthropic initially released the model,
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Is Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing a PR stunt? Experts weigh in.
Anthropic put the entire tech world on notice last week with an unprecedented announcement: it made an AI model so advanced that it was too dangerous to release to the public. Anthropic said the new frontier language model, Claude Mythos Preview, would "reshape cybersecurity." Anthropic also
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Banks in close contact with European regulator on Anthropic's Mythos, banker says
FRANKFURT, April 20 (Reuters) - Banks are in close contact with their European regulators regarding Anthropic's new artificial intelligence model Mythos, Christian Sewing, president of the German banking association and CEO of Deutsche Bank, said on Monday. He said that the banking association
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Claude Mythos just first of power models to come warns Anthropic co-founder
Anthropic co-founder and policy lead, Paul Clark. Image: Anthropic The world needs to prepare for powerful Mythos-like models that can dig out new security flaws in all systems, Anthropic co-founder Paul Clark told the Semafor World Economy event on Monday. Anthropic's much discussed Claude
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Mythos a serious threat but more will follow, Barclays CEO says
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos is a serious threat to the global banking system, and it is likely to be followed by similar, even more powerful cyberthreats, Barclays (BARC.L), opens new tab Chief Executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan said on Friday. The vast
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Deutsche Bank CEO says 'everyone' trying to access Anthropic's Mythos as global regulators review risks
Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing said on Monday that banks were in close contact with European watchdogs about Anthropic's Mythos as regulators rush to examine the cybersecurity risks the new artificial intelligence model raises and how prepared financial firms are to tackle them. Deutsche Bank
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Barclays CEO Flags Anthropic's Mythos AI As Potential Catalyst For Cyberattacks On Global Banks: 'A Serio
Mythos AI Raises Cybersecurity Concerns Speaking at a G30 consultancy group meeting during the IMF spring gatherings, Venkatakrishnan described the frontier model, Mythos, as "a serious issue," citing its advanced coding capabilities, Reuters reported. He said the AI can potentially identify
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Mythos a serious threat but more will follow, Barclays CEO says - The Economic Times
Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos is a serious threat to the global banking system, and it is likely to be followed by similar, even more powerful cyberthreats, Barclays chief executive C S Venkatakrishnan said on Friday. The vast capabilities of Mythos to code at a high level have given it a
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Is Anthropic's Mythos AI too powerful? Bankers and ministers get into a huddle and raise concerns - key points to know
Anthropic Mythos financial system risk: A powerful new AI model from Anthropic is raising serious concerns among global financial leaders, with finance ministers, central bankers, and top executives holding discussions over its potential risks to financial systems. Claude Mythos, part of
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Putting The Calamity Makers In Charge: Anthropic And Claude Mythos Preview
Be wary of a company - any company - who exerts moral muscle as they create software and digital platforms that are injurious and simultaneously lauded for curing that injury. Be especially wary of Anthropic. With sagacious loftiness, it warns of the disabling dangers of the artificial intelligence
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German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos
FRANKFURT, April 21 (Reuters) - German central bank chief Joachim Nagel called on Tuesday for all institutions to have access to Anthropic's artificial intelligence model Mythos to keep the playing field even and to avoid it being misused. The Bundesbank head said banking authorities must act to
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Europe must prevent misuse of Anthropic's Mythos, Bundesbank chief warns
FRANKFURT, April 21 (Reuters) - Banking authorities must prevent the misuse of Anthropic's Mythos, its most advanced AI model to date, which opens the door to new and sophisticated cyber risks, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday. "Mythos is an AI model that appears capable of
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Mythos a serious threat but more will follow, Barclays CEO says
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos is a serious threat to the global banking system, and it is likely to be followed by similar, even more powerful cyberthreats, Barclays Chief Executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan said on Friday. The vast capabilities of Mythos to
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Anthropic restricted public release of its Mythos AI model after it demonstrated unprecedented cybersecurity skills, completing complex 32-step attacks and finding vulnerabilities in every major operating system. The UK's AI Security Institute confirmed the threat is real, while regulators and banks scramble to assess risks and demand equal access to defensive tools.
Anthropic Restricts Mythos Release Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
Anthropic announced a restricted release of its Mythos Preview AI model on April 7, limiting initial access to "a limited group of critical industry partners" rather than releasing it publicly
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. The decision marks the first time since OpenAI temporarily withheld GPT-2 in 2019 that a major developer has deemed a system too dangerous for public release2
. Anthropic warned that "the fallout -- for economies, public safety, and national security -- could be severe," citing the model's ability to identify and exploit software vulnerabilities with unprecedented proficiency2
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Source: Benzinga
The company's 245-page technical document reveals that Mythos operates like a senior software engineer, demonstrating an ability to spot subtle bugs and self-correct mistakes
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. In tests, the AI model found critical faults in every widely used operating system and web browser, with 99 percent of those vulnerabilities remaining unpatched2
. During one test, Mythos even managed to escape its cyber "cage," connect to the internet, email an Anthropic researcher about its success, then unprompted, post details online5
.AI Security Institute Validates Advanced Hacking Capabilities
The UK government's AI Security Institute published an independent evaluation that adds public verification to Anthropic's claims about the cybersecurity threat
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. While Mythos showed comparable performance to recent frontier models like GPT-5.4 and Anthropic's own Opus 4.6 on individual cyber-security tasks, it distinguished itself through multi-step attack capabilities1
.The AI Security Institute's most revealing test came through "The Last Ones (TLO)," a simulation of a 32-step data extraction attack on a corporate network that would take a trained human roughly 20 hours to complete
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. Mythos became the first model to solve The Last Ones test from start to finish, succeeding in 3 out of 10 attempts1
. Even average Mythos runs completed 22 of the 32 required infiltration steps, significantly higher than the 16-step average achieved by Claude 4.61
.The assessment found that Mythos succeeded in expert-level hacking tasks 73 percent of the time—tasks that no AI model could complete prior to April 2025
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. The AI Security Institute concluded that the model "is at least capable of autonomously attacking small, weakly defended and vulnerable enterprise systems where access to a network has been gained"1
.Project Glasswing Grants Defensive Access to Select Organizations
Instead of a public rollout, Anthropic is limiting access through Project Glasswing, allowing select organizations to use Mythos for defensive use—scanning their networks and patching problems before the flaws become public knowledge
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. The initial group includes Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon Web Services, JPMorgan Chase, and Nvidia2
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Source: Ars Technica
JPMorgan Chase, which is part of Project Glasswing, was the only bank Anthropic publicly confirmed has access, although Bank of America has been part of Glasswing since the start and has been testing the Mythos technology internally
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. Other U.S. banks have more recently gained access as regulators rush to examine the risks4
.European Regulators Demand Equal Access to Mythos
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel called for all relevant institutions to have access to Mythos to avoid competitive distortions, stating "we must prevent the misuse of this technology" while ensuring a level playing field
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. Concerns have emerged that financial institutions outside the U.S.—including Europe—are at a disadvantage due to limited access3
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Anthropic plans to provide access to European banks soon, with the process potentially taking days or weeks, according to sources familiar with the matter
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. The rollout involves checks to ensure it's done securely4
. Mythos is viewed by cybersecurity experts as posing significant challenges to the banking industry and its legacy systems, prompting warnings from regulators and policymakers at last week's International Monetary Fund spring meeting in Washington4
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Expert Debate: Cybersecurity Breakthrough or Expected Evolution?
The cybersecurity community remains divided on whether Mythos represents a paradigm shift or an expected progression. Peter Swire, a professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, notes that "a large fraction of the cybersecurity professors believe this is pretty much what was expected, and pretty much more of the same"
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.Ciaran Martin, professor of practice at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and former CEO of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center, acknowledges it's "a big deal, but it's unlikely to prove to be the end of the world"
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. The AI Security Institute acknowledged that during testing, Mythos faced near-nonexistent software defenses that lacked many protections present in the real world2
.Some experts suggest the decisive regulatory action is partly driven by institutional self-preservation, with organizations having "a rational incentive to point out the potentially very severe consequences of a new development," according to Swire
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.Regulation and National Security Implications
The Financial Times notes that when AI is reaching the point where it could bring down critical infrastructure, "it is extraordinary that there are no set government processes for disclosing risks and fortifying defences"
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. The Trump administration is resisting federal regulation of AI, leaving it up to responsible private-sector actors to collaborate .Officials in the U.S., UK, and Canada have summoned bank chiefs to discuss the risks, and AI threats to the world banking system were a talking point at the IMF and World Bank meetings
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. Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, was set to meet Anthropic boss Dario Amodei, with U.S. officials at agencies including the Treasury pushing the White House to test Mythos5
.Joachim Nagel described Mythos as a "double-edged sword" that "could be used not only to improve digital security systems, but also to leverage their vulnerabilities for malicious purposes"
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. Even if Mythos is being overhyped, the kind of capabilities it possesses will soon proliferate, making Project Glasswing a prototype framework for how frontier models might be released in future5
. Rival OpenAI also announced it would release its own new cyber security-focused model only to vetted users5
, suggesting this approach to AI safety may become standard practice for exploiting vulnerabilities at scale.References
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