CISA Lacks Access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview Cybersecurity AI Tool While Other Agencies Adopt It
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Summary
The article reports that while several US federal agencies are adopting Anthropic's new cybersecurity AI model called Mythos Preview to find and patch security vulnerabilities, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator - does not have access to the tool. Other agencies like the Commerce Department and National Security Agency are reportedly using the model, highlighting a discrepancy in access to this cybersecurity technology among key government security organizations.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledthe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) didn't have access to Mythos Preview, which Anthropic has touted as a powerful tool for finding and patching security vulnerabilities
Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is reportedly not getting in on the action: the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator
other agencies like Commerce Department and National Security Agency (NSA) are reportedly using the model
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