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NSA deploying Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist
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The National Security Agency is using Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Mythos Preview, despite top officials at the Department of Defense — which oversees the NSA, insisting the company is a "supply chain risk," two sources tell Axios.
Key facts
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday to discuss the use of Mythos within government and Anthropic's wider plans
- The National Security Agency is using Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Mythos Preview, despite top officials at the Department of Defense — which oversees the NSA — insisting the company
- Two the NSA was using Mythos, while one said the model was also being used more widely within the department
- The government's cybersecurity needs appear to be outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic
Summary
The government's cybersecurity needs appear to be outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic. The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while simultaneously arguing in court that using those tools threatens U.S. national security. Two the NSA was using Mythos, while one said the model was also being used more widely within the department.