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Anthropic withholds powerful new AI model from public release
News Apr 9, 2026

Anthropic withholds powerful new AI model from public release

Claude Mythos Preview is shared only with partners to scan and fix software vulnerabilities before misuse.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn’t rewrite the rules of the game
Article May 6, 2026

Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn’t rewrite the rules of the game

What concerned the researchers was not Mythos changing the nature of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, but rather the intense scale and speed with which it was able to find and exploit those vulnerabilities.
Republished from The Conversation 5 min read
Trump’s AI security order acknowledges risks but stops short of regulating industry
Article Jun 18, 2026

Trump’s AI security order acknowledges risks but stops short of regulating industry

The executive order expresses concern about AI systems that can discover software vulnerabilities and write malicious code to exploit them.
Republished from The Conversation 5 min read