Powell, Bessent discussed Anthropic's Mythos AI cyber threat with major U.S. banks
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Source: CNBC TechnologyApril 10, 2026
Summary
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs to discuss cyber risks from Anthropic's Mythos model, a new AI system with advanced capabilities for both offensive and defensive hacking. Anthropic released the model in limited capacity through Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative involving major tech companies, and briefed government agencies on its cyber applications because of concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities.
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
Impact (CIA+S)
integrityavailability
AI Component TargetedModel
Affected Vendors
AnthropicAppleGoogleMicrosoft
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/powell-bessent-us-bank-ceos-anthropic-mythos-ai-cyber.html
First tracked: April 10, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%