Anthropic's Mythos AI finds a single curl vulnerability amid media hype over security capabilities
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Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article discusses the media frenzy around Anthropic's AI model Mythos in April 2026, which was reported to be exceptionally skilled at finding security flaws in source code. Anthropic decided not to release the model publicly, instead rolling it out selectively to certain companies to allow them to fix critical vulnerabilities first. The article appears to be skeptical or critical of the media hype surrounding this event, framing it as overblown. The specific mention of finding a curl vulnerability (singular) seems to undercut the dramatic narrative.
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· 3 pulledyes, as in singular one.
The whole world seemed to lose its marbles. Is this the end of the world as we kn
Back in April 2026 Anthropic caused a lot of media noise when they concluded that their new AI model Mythos is dangerously good at finding security flaws in source code.
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