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Trump officials negotiating access to Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist
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The White House and Anthropic are in active discussions about deploying the AI firm's powerful new model, Mythos Preview, within the federal government despite ongoing efforts to blacklist the company as a supply chain risk, sources….
Key facts
- How Anthropic's Pentagon deal could get revived Sam Sabin contributed reporting
- The Pentagon says that's unduly restrictive because those definitions are nebulous and it needs assurances it can use AI systems for "all lawful purposes
- Some government agencies want to join that club, and the White House and Anthropic are discussing the terms under which that might be possible
- Accessing Mythos would help them determine where companies and local governments may be vulnerable to cyberattacks and how to help them prepare
Summary
Maria Curi, Marc Caputo, Dave Lawler email (opens in new window) sms (opens in new window) facebook (opens in new window) twitter (opens in new window) linkedin (opens in new window) bluesky (opens in new window) Add Axios as your preferred source to see more of their stories on Google. Anthropic is only rolling out Mythos to a select group of companies and organizations, rather than the general public, so they can assess its frightening cyber capabilities and harden their defenses. Some government agencies want to join that club, and the White House and Anthropic are discussing the terms under which that might be possible.
Every agency except War wants to. That's because Anthropic doesn't want to kill people and War's position is 'don't tell them what the f*** to do.' But if you're the Department of Energy, you don't give a f*** about that. Anthropic's official position is that it will not allow its models to be used for mass surveillance or to develop fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon says that's unduly restrictive because those definitions are nebulous and it needs assurances it can use AI systems for "all lawful purposes. Civilian agencies like the Departments of Energy and Treasury are responsible for safeguarding critical sectors like the electric grid and financial system.