‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war
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Anthropic announced it created a powerful AI model called Mythos that it decided not to release publicly, citing cybersecurity risks as the reason. The announcement drew significant attention from government officials and politicians, though some skeptics question whether the decision was genuinely about security concerns or a publicity strategy to attract investment.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/12/too-powerful-for-the-public-inside-anthropics-bid-to-win-the-ai-publicity-war
First tracked: April 12, 2026 at 08:00 AM
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