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Anthropic plans big expansion as more entities rush for Mythos to plug their software gaps

Anthropic has said that it is planning a wider rollout of Claude Mythos Preview, the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) model.
Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s partnership of around 50 organisations using its AI model to secure software, is expanding to roughly 200, the San Francisco-based start-up said.
Each member ​must meet certain security requirements before accessing Anthropic’s powerful Mythos, the technology company has said.
Mythos has caught the attention of governments and financial institutions around the world for its ability to find software vulnerabilities.
Anthropic has collaborated ​with the US government, existing Glasswing partners and others in the security industry on the ⁠rollout, it has added.
The news comes a day after Anthropic filed confidentially for what could be one of the biggest initial ​public offers (IPOs) ever, culminating a frenzy of business and government interest in its AI.
In April, Mythos Preview had caused ​worldwide panic that the AI model could hack software that was not secure.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had convened an urgent meeting with bank CEOs to warn ​of the risks, while financial institutions had pushed for access to Mythos and raced to plug holes.
Anthropic has added that its partners have found more than ​10,000 security flaws that they consider critically severe.
However, some industry experts have said that fears of unfettered hacking have been overstated.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has called for a greater sharing of information about these models among companies.
Mr Solomon has also emphasised the need for guardrails, as open-source models can quickly do the same things.

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