US cybersecurity software stocks tumble after Anthropic announces it is ‘scared’ of launching new, powerful AI model
Anthropic’s newly announced AI model, Mythos, has sent shockwaves through financial markets, triggering a fresh sell-off in US software stocks and reigniting fears that artificial intelligence (AI) can disrupt the industry faster than it can handle. The catalyst is Anthropic’s powerful new AI model, called Claude Mythos, which the company has decided against a wide public release after determining it could expose hidden cybersecurity vulnerabilities that have existed, undetected, for years.
The company says that the AI model is so powerful that its access has been restricted to a group of approximately 40 major technology companies, including Microsoft and Google.
