Anthropic’s ‘Claude Mythos’ model sparks fears of AI doomsday, wave of devastating hacks

Anthropic has triggered alarm bells by touting the terrifying capabilities of “Claude Mythos” – with executives warning that the new AI model is so dangerous it would cause a wave of catastrophic hacks and terror attacks if released to the wider public. In a nightmarish analysis, Anthropic itself revealed that Mythos – if it fell into the wrong hands – could easily exploit critical infrastructure like electric grids, power plants and hospitals. The model has already “found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web browser,” according to the AI company. Rather than a wide…