Mythos · Dario Amodei · OpenAI · Anthropic · Donald Trump · CNBC Technology
Anthropic's Mythos set off a cybersecurity 'hysteria.' Experts say the threat was already here
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Global banks, tech giants and governments were sent scrambling last month to contain the risks posed by Mythos, the Anthropic model said to be so powerful that it has found thousands of previously unknown vulnerabilities in the world's software infrastructure.
Key facts
- OpenAI on Thursday allowed limited access to GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted cybersecurity teams
- The models that we have right now are powerful enough to detect zero days in a large scale, and this is scary enough," Klaudia Kloc, CEO of cybersecurity firm Vidoc, told CNBC
- They're trying to figure out the best way to fix the world before this becomes accessible to the world," said Ben Seri, co-founder of cybersecurity startup Zafran Security
- Mythos has jolted executives and policymakers alike over concern that a perilous new era of AI-enabled cybercrime may be near
Summary
Cybersecurity experts and artificial intelligence researchers told CNBC that the software vulnerabilities revealed by Mythos can be found using existing models, including those from Anthropic and OpenAI. Mythos has jolted executives and policymakers alike over concern that a perilous new era of AI-enabled cybercrime may be near. Even with that precaution, the release has prompted the Trump administration to consider new government oversight over future models. It's the latest in a string of high-profile launches from Anthropic that have intensified its rivalry with OpenAI as the two AI giants approach their highly anticipated initial public offerings.