US Regulators Warn Banks on Anthropic's Mythos AI Cyber Risks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and United States===Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with CEOs of major U.S. banks, including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs, to warn about significant cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic's newly launched Mythos. The AI model is capable of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers. Anthropic has limited the model's release to a select group of technology and finance firms, including Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Apple Inc., and JPMorgan Chase, as part of 'Project Glasswing' to secure critical systems. Regulators view this as a systemic risk to the financial industry, prompting similar discussions by the Canada===Bank of Canada and the United Kingdom===Bank of England. The event highlights a new era of advanced AI-driven cyber threats and the urgent need for financial institutions to bolster their defenses.