It Sure Seems Like Pete Hegseth Is Losing His War Against Anthropic

News broke this week that the National Security Agency (NSA) is using Anthropic’s Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations, likely against China and Iran. It makes a lot of sense, given the reported power of Mythos to find and exploit vulnerabilities. But it’s just the latest sign that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might be losing his war against Anthropic. Anthropic has installed about half a dozen engineers at NSA, according to the Financial Times, though the newspaper reports it’s unclear if Anthropic staff are actively assisting in operations against adversarial countries. At the very least, they’re customizing the AI…