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First reported by Hacker News
NSA chief reportedly says Anthropic's Mythos AI breached classified systems in hours during red-team exercise

Anthropic's Mythos AI Reportedly Breached NSA Systems Within Hours During Testing

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Webb Wright

11d ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

Anthropic's Mythos AI model, disclosed in April, reportedly hacked into the NSA's most sensitive cybersecurity systems within hours during testing. The AI was described as exceptionally effective at finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities, leading Anthropic to limit its public release and grant access only to a small group of early testers including the NSA. Recent reports indicate the NSA discovered multiple vulnerabilities within its own systems during testing, raising concerns about the power and risks of advanced AI in cybersecurity.

Source

bskyAnthropic's Mythos AI Reportedly Breached NSA Systems Within Hours During Testinggizmodo.com

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The new AI model was allegedly so ruthlessly effective at finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities in existing software that the company said it was holding off on a public release
Anthropic first disclosed Mythos in April, it sent an anxious shockwave through much of the cybersecurity sector
The NSA reportedly discovered multiple vulnerabilities within its own cybersecurity systems during its testing
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