Anthropic’s Mythos set off a cybersecurity ‘hysteria.’ Experts say the threat was already here

Is Mythos a sheep in wolf's clothing?

Anthropic's announcement of Mythos threw a lot of FUD into the cybersecurity market without significant third-party validation of its abilities. Is that FUD justified, another legal form of extortion designed to get security budget dollars, or just another weird marketing ploy? Maybe more to the point, is it a sheep in wolf's clothing? Mythos does not address encryption, identity or social engineering, representing most of the issues of cybersec…

Defense Watch: Mythos, DARC, DARPA Plane, New SWO Boss, Startup Raises

Michael on Mythos. Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said there is broad interest across the U.S. government in assessing Anthropic’s new Mythos artificial intelligence-powered cyber security model, which […]

Anthropic’s Mythos set off a cybersecurity ‘hysteria.’ Experts say the threat was already here

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGlobal banks, tech giants and governments were sent scrambling last month to contain the risks posed by Mythos, the Anthropic model said to be so powerful…