Anthropic's Mythos Sparks Cybersecurity Panic

The artificial intelligence industry has reached a critical turning point with the limited release of Anthropic's Mythos model.

Company founders have restricted access to the technology, claiming it is powerful enough to facilitate large-scale cyberattacks and bypass traditional security protocols.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has hailed the model as a breakthrough in the AI race with China while simultaneously cautioning that it reveals new vulnerabilities in banking infrastructure.

The development has triggered a debate over whether private companies should have unilateral control over such potentially destructive dual-use technology.