Analysis: Fears of unfettered hacking spurred by Anthropic’s Mythos AI model overstated

Early fears that Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated a month after its release.

The company warned at launch in April that Mythos had uncovered thousands of software vulnerabilities – including flaws across every major operating system and browser – and said the fallout from its spread could be severe.

Governments took notice. Officials in multiple countries huddled with banks to assess risks, and by early May the White House was weighing rules to control how new models are released after safety testing.