Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos

As researchers and Practitioners debate the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday it used early access to Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find and fix 271 vulnerabilities in its new Firefox 150 browser release. Meanwhile, researchers identified a group of moderately successful North Korean hackers using AI for everything … Read more

5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice

I’ve used ChatGPT to help me build a budget before, and it was genuinely helpful. After I input my monthly salary as well as my standard utilities and recurring expenses, the chatbot drafted a few solid options, and I tweaked them into penny-pinching perfection. I’m admittedly part of the growing number of people turning to … Read more

Schematik Is ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Anthropic Wants In

“There’s no blocker for your creativity anymore,” says Vermeeren, who is now also investing in Schematik. “That’s why I’m so excited about it and building stuff constantly.” He’s not the only one. On Thursday, Anthropic engineer Felix Rieseberg posted on He also shared a picture and a GitHub link for a device that looks very … Read more

Anthropic Plots Major London Expansion

Anthropic is moving into a new London office as it seeks to expand its research and commercial footprint in Europe, setting up a scrap between the leading AI labs for talent emerging from British universities. The company, which opened its first London office in 2023is moving to the same neighborhood as Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, … Read more

Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed

Anthropic has come out against a proposed Illinois law backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability if their systems are used to cause large-scale harm, like mass casualties or more than $1 billion in property damage. The fight over the bill, SB 3444, is drawing new battle lines between Anthropic and OpenAI … Read more

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Amid horrific threats from United States president Donald Trump as the US and Iran negotiated a ceasefire, the US government warned this week that Iran-linked hackers were carrying out attacks against US energy and water infrastructure targets. With nearly one in five people in Lebanon displaced by Israeli attacks, the government is attempting to manage … Read more

Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think

Anthropic said this week that the debut of its new Claude Mythos Preview model marks a critical juncture in the evolution of cybersecurity, representing an unprecedented existential threat to existing software defense strategies. So, is it more AI hype—or a true turning point? According to Anthropic, Mythos Preview crosses a threshold of capabilities to discover … Read more

Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents

Anthropic announced Wednesday the launch of a new product that aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy AI agents. The tool, Claude Managed Agents, offers developers out-of-the-box infrastructure to build autonomous AI systems, simplifying a complex process that was previously a barrier to automating work tasks. The move positions Anthropic to … Read more

Conflicting Rulings Leave Anthropic in ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Limbo

Anthropic “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” to temporarily lose the supply-chain-risk designation imposed by the Pentagon, a US appeals court in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The decision is at odds with one issued last month by a lower court judge in San Francisco, and it wasn’t immediately clear how the conflicting preliminary judgments … Read more

Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything

Following leaked revelations at the end of March that Anthropic had developed a powerful new Claude model, the company formally declared Mythos Preview on Tuesday along with news of an industry consortium it has convened, known as Project Glasswing, to grapple with the cybersecurity implications of the new model and advancing capabilities more generally across … Read more