Open Source · Anthropic · OpenAI · Mythos · GPT · Coinbase · CryptoSlate
Coinbase, Strategy, and Blockstream back AI access push after vetted Bitcoin researcher gets blocked
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Coinbase, Blockstream and Strategy are backing a push to give qualified crypto defenders greater access to frontier AI cybersecurity models.
Key facts
- Anthropic also committed up to $100 million in model-usage credits and $4 million in direct support for open-source security groups
- The program initially gave roughly 50 organizations access to its advanced Claude Mythos Preview model before Anthropic said in June that it was expanding participation to about 150 additional
- The Bitcoin Policy Institute-led initiative was announced Aug. 10 with support from more than 40 organizations across the digital-asset and open-source ecosystem
- In internal testing covering advanced tasks including exploit-chain development, authentication bypass and privilege escalation, OpenAI said GPT-5.6-Cyber completed 95% of requests
Summary
01 Coinbase, Blockstream, and Strategy backed a BPI-led push for broader frontier AI cyber access after a vetted researcher was blocked. 02 The coalition says defenders need early access and compute to keep pace as AI improves vulnerability discovery and attack capability. 03 The central tension is scaling trusted access beyond select partners without opening the same tools to offensive use. The Bitcoin Policy Institute-led initiative was announced Aug. 10 with support from more than 40 organizations across the digital-asset and open-source ecosystem.