Anthropic investigating claim of unauthorised access to Mythos AI tool
The AI company has said the model is too dangerous to release publicly because of its hacking capabilities.
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"When powerful AI tools are accessed or used outside their intended controls, the risk is not just a security incident but the spread of capabilities that could be used for fraud, cyber abuse, or other malicious activity."
— Raluca Saceanu , Executive
"As we have seen in the media in recent days, frontier AI is rapidly enabling discovery and exploitation of existing vulnerabilities at scale, illustrating how quickly it will expose where fundamentals of cyber-security are still to be addressed."
— Richard Horne , Other
"implored AI firms to work with the government on the 'generational endeavour' to make sure AI is used to protect critical networks from attackers."
— Dan Jarvis , Politician
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