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Powell, Bessent Discussed Anthropic's Mythos AI Cyber Threat with Major U.S. Banks
Anthropic rolled out the new Mythos AI model to a select group of companies over concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities.
TL;DR
- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs to discuss cybersecurity risks of Anthropic's Mythos AI model.
- The meeting was called due to concerns that hackers could exploit the advanced capabilities of the new AI model.
- Several major bank CEOs, including those from Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo, attended the meeting.
- JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon was the only major banking CEO unable to attend.
- Anthropic had previously briefed U.S. government officials on the model's offensive and defensive cyber applications.
- Anthropic is also in a dispute with the Department of Defense over its AI technology being labeled a supply chain risk.
- Hackers have previously used Anthropic's models to orchestrate AI-fueled attacks.