World needs to ‘get ready’ for more powerful AI, Anthropic co-founder says

So Jack Clark has decided that the best way to 'get ready' for more powerful AI is to issue a polite warning from the company that just released Claude Mythos, a model so capable it 'surpassed every benchmark' and can 'detect vulnerabilities in applications and operating systems,' to only 40 corporations under Project Glasswing. Because nothing says 'preparedness' like locking the most advanced tools in a velvet-roped VIP section while telling the plebs outside to brace for impact. It's the AI equivalent of selling lifeboats to first-class passengers and then announcing over the loudspeaker that the ship might hit an iceberg—very considerate of the co-founder to give us all a heads-up.

Clark's admission that 'more Mythos-like models' are coming from other developers is the real gem here. After the carefully gated release we flagged last week, where Anthropic's chief science officer explained the dangers with the soothing cadence of a hostage negotiator, we now get the sequel: a co-founder casually noting that everyone else is racing to build equally powerful systems. The regulatory gap isn't just yawning; it's doing the splits over a canyon, with Clark's statement serving as the official soundtrack. 'Get ready' indeed—perhaps by investing in a bunker, or maybe just trusting that the same labs who can't coordinate governance will somehow manage this proliferation responsibly.

It's all so wonderfully British in its understatement. The model that can supposedly root out OS vulnerabilities is being drip-fed to a handpicked corporate elite, while the public gets a vague advisory about impending capability leaps. One almost admires the chutzpah: create something that could redefine cybersecurity (or weaponize it), release it under a programme with a name straight out of a spy thriller, and then issue a press-release-level caution about the future. If this is the 'getting ready' phase, the actual arrival might involve a lot of shrugging and a strongly worded blog post. Cheers to progress.