Anthropic AI Mythos: Urgent Warning to US Banks, BSI Anticipates Disruptions

US officials held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to warn bank leaders about a new AI tool. Scott Bessent and Jerome Powell summoned the chiefs of all systemically important US banks. Bloomberg described the development under the banner Anthropic AI Mythos: Urgent Warning to US Banks.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview

Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos Preview on Tuesday. The company limited access to firms that work on IT security.

The model reportedly identified thousands of high-risk zero-day vulnerabilities. These included flaws across major operating systems and every common web browser.

Exploit generation and industry concern

Reporters said the model can more often produce functioning exploits for found vulnerabilities. In some cases, it combined several flaws to create effective attack chains.

Regulators view this capability as a new class of cyber risk for the financial sector. The short-notice meeting signaled how seriously authorities regard the threat.

Project Glasswing

Industry participants plan to work through Project Glasswing. The initiative aims to close vulnerabilities before other AI tools become widely available.

The effort focuses on patching and mitigation to prevent criminals from weaponizing the same techniques.

German BSI response

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is in contact with Anthropic. BSI President Claudia Plattner said her office has gained insights through personal talks.

She warned that the technology could prompt major change. BSI Anticipates Disruptions in how vulnerabilities are discovered and handled.

Plattner suggested a possible medium-term outcome. There might be no unknown classic software flaws left to discover. That could shift attack vectors and cause a paradigm change in cyber threats.

Security and policy implications

Officials raised questions about market availability for such powerful tools. Plattner highlighted risks from wider access by criminals and foreign state actors.

She noted implications for national and European security and sovereignty. Authorities and industry now face urgent decisions about control and defense.

Bloomberg and dpa reported the developments. Filmogaz.com compiled this summary from those accounts.