- The NSA is reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos Preview AI despite the Pentagon branding the company a supply chain risk
- Mythos, part of Project Glasswing, able to detect and exploit zero-days
- Anthropic previously rejected DoD request to weaken guard rails; lawsuits followed as the Trump administration met with the CEO to discuss cooperation
The US National Security Agency (NSA) is using Anthropic’s Mythos Preview AI tool, despite the Pentagon deeming the company a supply chain risk earlier this year. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Axios said Mythos Preview is being used “more widely” within the department.
At this time, neither the US Department of Defense (DoD) nor the NSA commented on the news. Anthropic hasn’t talked about it either.
In February this year, the US government asked Anthropic to remove the roadblocks set up for its AI tools, which the company refused due to fears they could be used for ‘mass surveillance’ and ‘fully autonomous weapons’
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What is Mythos Preview?
Days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei declared that the company “cannot in good conscience comply” with the DoD’s request, the US government deemed the AI company a “supply chain risk”. Anthropic responded with two federal lawsuits, alleging violations of protected speech.
Commenting on the lawsuits, Liz Huston, a White House spokeswoman, said Anthropic was “a radical leftist vigilante company,” adding that “Under the Trump administration, our military will obey the United States Constitution — not some vigilante AI company’s terms of service.”
Mythos Preview is a newer Anthropic Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) model and part of Project Glasswing. It was first mentioned earlier in April when the company said it would not release it to the public because it was too dangerous.
Apparently, the tool was able, with very little input, to detect and exploit software vulnerabilities, including “zero-day” bugs. Access to Project Glasswing was limited to a handful of major software companies, such as Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, Nvidia and a handful of others, who were offered to get a head start and secure their products.
In its report, Pakinomist said US President Donald Trump’s administration met with Anthropic’s chief executive last week to discuss cooperation, for the first time since the dispute began.
Via Pakinomist
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