Cybersecurity

ECB President Christine Lagarde said an attack by a state-sponsored actor was more likely given the sheer computing capacity needed.

ECB is studying defences against Mythos-powered attacks, Lagarde says

[FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank is studying defences against cyberattacks powered by artificial intelligence model Mythos but, like the rest of Europe, it is at a disadvantage because it has no ...

Anthropic has launched Claude Mythos Preview under Project Glasswing, a tightly restricted access programme that includes major technology firms.

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Claude Mythos Preview, the limited internal release of Anthropic's latest AI model, is able to identify and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities  – security flaws unknown to developers and therefore unpatched.
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Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How said the government is working with partners who have access to Anthropic's Mythos to understand its capabilities.

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Even the mere prospect of a leak will put Anthropic under unrelenting scrutiny over its fitness as a custodian of a system as powerful as Mythos, says the writer.
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