Mythos
8 briefs
Trump Wants to Regulate AI Now. The Industry It Threatened Is Thanking Him.
The White House is drafting an executive order to vet AI models before release. The companies that would bear the cost helped design the system.
Anthropic Said No to the Pentagon. Now It's on the Outside.
The DoD cleared 8 AI firms for classified networks and locked out the one company that refused to sign military use terms. This is what a fault line in AI looks like.
The AI Model Too Dangerous to Release (Except to the Government)
Anthropic withheld Mythos from the public for being too capable at cyberattacks, then flew its CEO to the White House to discuss federal access.
Anthropic Built an AI That Can Break Any System. It Is Not Releasing It. That Decision Has Already Expired.
Claude Mythos can exploit software vulnerabilities faster than any human security team. Anthropic gave it to 40 hand-picked companies. Everyone else is now waiting to see who weaponizes it first.
The Weapon Anthropic Won't Hand Over
The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic for refusing to arm it. Now the White House wants Mythos anyway, but only through channels that exclude the military. The standoff has not ended. It has moved.
The White House Is Giving Civilian Agencies a Model the Pentagon Banned.
The OMB is routing Anthropic's Mythos to civilian federal agencies while the Defense Department's blacklisting of Anthropic remains in force. One government is doing two opposite things at once.
Banned by the Government, Worth $800 Billion
The Pentagon tried to kill Anthropic's federal business. Instead it handed the company a brand identity and a revenue surge.
The Government Just Told Banks an AI Model Is a Systemic Risk
When the Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chair summon Wall Street CEOs in secret over an AI model's capabilities, they are saying something they cannot say publicly: this technology can already break things we cannot fix.