Claude Mythos Preview: Anthropic’s Unreleased AI Cracked Linux and OpenBSD Bugs Humans Missed for Decades
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Project Glasswing, announced alongside the model, is Anthropic’s attempt to direct these capabilities toward defense before similar tools become widely available. Founding partners include Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, Crowdstrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks. Access is being extended to more than 40 additional critical software organizations.
Anthropic committed $4 million in open-source security donations: $2.5 million to Alpha-Omega through the OpenSSF via the Linux Foundation, and $1.5 million to the Apache Software Foundation.
The company acknowledged that AI tools like Mythos lower the barrier for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, and flagged near-term risk from state actors, China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, and criminal groups if similar capabilities spread without controls. It described a period of transitional turmoil before defenders fully integrate the technology.
Anthropic said upcoming Claude Opus releases will include safeguards to detect and block dangerous cybersecurity outputs, and plans to introduce a Cyber Verification Program for vetted security professionals. A public report on partner findings and patched vulnerabilities is expected within 90 days.
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