What's All The Buzz Around The New Claude Mythos AI Model Right Now?

A few months ago, the word got around the world that as the new world order was coming to be established with Trump's tariffs and wars in the middle east and South America, the AI bubble was seemingly coming close to burst.

In the beginning of March, a leaked revelation suggested that Anthropic was set to launch their new Artificial Intelligence model Claude Mythos Preview, a model that would be for general-purpose. A cybersecurity tool that the company claimed could be the most dangerous tool if it went in the wrong hands. No wonder, they say knowledge is power.

Now, the highly advanced, unreleased AI model designed for autonomous vulnerability research and cybersecurity is being accessed by a small number of unauthorised users as per a report by Bloomberg. According to an unnamed member of the group, identified only as "a third-party contractor for Anthropic, members of a private online forum go into Mythos via a mix of tactics utilising the contractor's access and "commonly used internet sleuthing tools."

Why is it a problem?

The company says it found the tool has the potential to outperform humans at some hacking and cybersecurity tasks, which has prompted discussions by regulators, legislators and whole bunch of other institutions regarding its capabilities to pose as a danger to digital services. The members only tool provides restricted access to companies that are part of an initiative that brings together Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Palo Alto Networks. However this group came together after it was observed that it found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web browser.

"Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely. The fallout—for economies, public safety, and national security—could be severe. Project Glasswing is an urgent attempt to put these capabilities to work for defensive purposes, " the announcement said.

Moreover, several reports on Claude Mythos Preview claim new model also has the ability to suggest ways to exploit critical bugs fin need of immediate action in old systems. So isn't it something to be worried about given most of our lives are now digitally dependent whether its banking, shopping and more.

Will Internet Collapse In The Near Future?

There are a slew of questions and claims circulating online around what could and would happen once Anthropoic model is launched for "general-purpose." In fact, the company has warned that “it will not be long before [AI models with] such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely. The fallout – for economies, public safety, and national security – could be severe.”

To put it simply, models like Claude Mythos Preview could hunt down systems with vulnerabilities and take advantage of at rates far faster than even the best hackers could dream of. 

While it is important to note that fears related to artificial intelligence are not necessarily new, Anthropic currently has no plans to release the model publicly due to concerns that it could be weaponised. But, equivalent models that are marketed in the world could change how old world functions.

In a statement given to Bloomberg on April 7, the American research and AI safety company, Anthropic's spokesperson said that they're "investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments."