Anthropic to share Mythos cyber flaw findings with global finance watchdog - The Guardian

Anthropic, the company that built its reputation on responsible AI, has decided that the most sensible place to share its Claude Mythos model's ability to uncover IT flaws is the Financial Stability Board – a post-2008 body whose main achievement is issuing recommendations that everyone ignores. The model, reported by the Guardian, has 'advanced capabilities in highlighting previously unknown flaws.' So naturally, Anthropic has declined to release it to the public and will instead brief a global watchdog that has zero authority over software security. One can imagine the board members nodding sagely while wondering if this is a matter for the IT department.

Mythos is so powerful it could revolutionize vulnerability discovery, but instead it's going to be the centerpiece of a presentation that a dozen people will attend. The FSB, designed to oversee financial stability, has about as much relevant power as a rubber stamp. They can issue a report, perhaps with recommendations, and then everyone will carry on as before. Meanwhile, the very vulnerabilities Mythos could find remain hidden, awaiting discovery by less scrupulous actors.

So while Mythos languishes in a digital drawer, the real adversaries are already probing systems with older models. The finance sector can rest easy knowing that a committee of people who probably still use Excel has been apprised of the situation. It's a masterclass in performative safety: look, we told the authorities! The authorities, being a body that can't actually do anything about it, will nod, file the briefing, and schedule the next meeting on bank capital ratios. Capital idea, Anthropic. Truly, the path to well-managed risk is paved with well-briefed regulators.