UK regulators are holding urgent talks with bank and cyber security authorities amid fears over the potential danger to critical infrastructure exposed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, Mythos.
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Anthropic said last week that the model had already identified “thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web browser”. The company added that some of these flaws had remained undetected for decades and warned that “the fallout – for economies, public safety, and national security – could be severe.”
The warning has sparked alarm among regulatory authorities across the world. In the UK, the central bank is convening with the FCA, HM Treasury, and the National Cyber Security Centre to assessed the potential for damage before reporting back with directions to financial institutions.
Similarly in the US, where Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell gathered wall Street’s elite to talk through the issues raised, while encouraging banks to use the model to detect vulnerabilities.
Anthropic claims Mythos is so powerful and dangerous that it would release the tool to only a few select partners, and has already identified thousands of zero-day flaws, including some in every major platform. The small consortium who will gain access has been dubbed Project Glasswing, comprising AWS, Apple, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Palo Alto Networks, with a stated goal of securing critical software infrastructure.
