White House Chief of Staff to Discuss Anthropic’s Mythos Model
Summary
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to meet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about Mythos. The UK AI Security Institute called it a step up and said it can exploit weakly secured systems; Anthropic is limiting access and launched Project Glasswing.
Key points
- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to discuss Mythos with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei; an administration official said federal use of new technology would require technical evaluation.
- Anthropic says Mythos can surpass human cybersecurity experts at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities and is limiting access to select customers.
- The UK AI Security Institute evaluated Mythos Preview, called it a step up from previous models, and said it can exploit systems with weak security.
- Anthropic announced Project Glasswing with companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase to help secure critical software.
- Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said other companies may develop similar systems within months, with open-weight models from China potentially following later.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Planned White House meeting with Anthropic’s CEO to discuss the Mythos AI model, amid government engagement with advanced AI labs and a dispute over federal use of Anthropic products.
- Impact
- Anthropic says Mythos can find and exploit software vulnerabilities and has limited access to select customers. The UK AI Security Institute reported that the model can exploit systems with weak security, while noting that models with similar capabilities are likely to be developed. The article describes potential cybersecurity, national security, public safety, and economic implications; it does not report a specific cyberattack or confirmed harm.
People
Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO whom Susie Wiles plans to meet to discuss the Mythos model.David SacksFormer White House AI and crypto czar who publicly said Mythos’s cybersecurity capabilities should be taken seriously and commented on the potential for capable coding models to find and exploit vulnerabilities.Donald TrumpThe article says Trump tried to stop federal agencies from using Anthropic’s chatbot Claude and issued a social media directive; a judge later blocked enforcement of that directive.Jack ClarkAnthropic co-founder and policy chief who described the limited release of Mythos and the rationale for Project Glasswing.Pete HegsethThe article says the Defense Secretary sought to declare Anthropic a supply chain risk amid the company’s dispute with the Pentagon.Rita LinU.S. District Judge who issued a ruling blocking enforcement of Trump’s directive ordering federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products.Susie WilesWhite House chief of staff planning to meet with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the Mythos model.Thomas RegnierEuropean Commission spokesman who said Anthropic had held talks with the EU about its AI models.
Vendors
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Products
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Countries
China“There will be other systems just like this in a few months from other companies, and in a year to a year-and-a-half later, there will be open-weight models from China that have these capabilities,” he said.United KingdomThe United Kingdom’s AI Security Institute said it evaluated the new model and found it a “step up” over previous models, which were already rapidly improving.United Statesof AI to minimize any potential risks and maximize its economic and national security benefits for the U.S.
Industries
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