Anthropic has developed a new AI model, Mythos that can detect any vulnerabilities in software systems ... can be used for both good or bad. Superhuman hacking abilities. Commentators are making a big deal of this. Apparently, it is not being released to the public because it is so dangerous. Others are saying that Anthropic is using this as a bit of bragging for AI model superiority.
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The system card also states that Claude Mythos “has demonstrated powerful cybersecurity skills, which can be used for both defensive purposes (finding and fixing vulnerabilities in software code) and offensive purposes (designing sophisticated ways to exploit those vulnerabilities).”
Mythos, the company claims, has found vulnerabilities in every major browser and operating system. In other words, this new AI model might be able to help hackers disrupt much of the world’s most important software.
“This is Y2K-level alarming,” one security expert said. Already, Mythos has found a 27-year-old bug in a critical piece of security infrastructure and multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, essential for computer systems worldwide. These weak points could threaten almost everything on the internet from the streaming services you relax with to the banking systems you rely on.
If such technology was widely available and as capable as Anthropic claims, the implications could be catastrophic. Cyber-attacks are no longer a solely digital problem. Almost everything we rely on in the physical world involves software. In recent years, airports, hospitals and transport networks have been crippled by cyber-attacks. Until now, attacks of this scale required serious expertise. Mythos would put that capability in reach of amateurs – and turbocharge the professionals’ ability to wreak havoc.