House Homeland Security Panel Plans Hearing on Anthropic’s Mythos
Summary
A House Homeland Security briefing demonstrated Anthropic’s Mythos identifying software vulnerabilities. A subcommittee chair plans a hearing on federal use amid reports that CISA is excluded while the NSA and DoD use the model; DoD has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain
Key points
- Anthropic briefed the House Homeland Security Committee in a closed-door session that included a live demonstration of Mythos identifying and reasoning through software vulnerabilities, according to a committee aide.
- Subcommittee Chair Andy Ogles said he plans to hold a hearing on Mythos and federal government use.
- Committee members discussed whether agencies could use the model to find and patch vulnerabilities before adversaries exploit them.
- CISA reportedly is not using Mythos, while the NSA is; the article does not provide independent confirmation of agency access.
- The Department of Defense says it has used Mythos to identify vulnerabilities despite designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk after a dispute over the use of its Claude model.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Closed-door congressional briefing on Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, with a subcommittee hearing being planned on federal government use of the model.
- Impact
- The briefing included a live demonstration of Mythos identifying and reasoning through software vulnerabilities. The article reports disagreement over agency access: CISA reportedly is not using Mythos, while the NSA is, and the Department of Defense says it has used the model despite labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk. Lawmakers are considering how federal agencies should access and use advanced AI for vulnerability discovery.
People
Andy OglesChair of the House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity subcommittee; said he plans to hold a hearing related to Mythos.Jim HimesThe top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee; said U.S. spy agencies should have early access to advanced AI models.Josh TilstraRepresented Anthropic’s national security programs and policy team and helped lead the company’s side of the committee briefing on Mythos.Logan GrahamRepresented Anthropic’s frontier red team and helped lead the company’s side of the committee briefing on Mythos.
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Claudelabeled the company a “supply chain risk” after Anthropic resisted pressure from the Pentagon to use its Claude AI model in ways the company opposed.MythosThe House Homeland Security Committee is examining Anthropic’s Mythos AI model through briefings and a planned hearing as lawmakers debate whether federal agencies should use it to uncover software vulnerabilities.
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PRCThe committee aide said that “as the PRC aggressively works to close the AI innovation gap with the United States, the committee remains focused on ensuring that America’s AI leadership translates into a durableUnited StatesWhat we saw reinforced the urgency of ensuring that federal agencies, including our civilian cyber defenders, can responsibly access and deploy the most advanced U.S.