- The Australian government confirmed it is working with Anthropic and other providers to stay informed about emerging cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- Anthropic’s Mythos Preview, part of Project Glasswing, is said to be powerful enough to discover and exploit flaws at scale, though it remains unreleased to the public.
- Debate continues over whether Mythos represents a genuine breakthrough or a PR stunt, with governments and major software firms already testing its potential impact.
The Australian government is “working with” Anthropic and other similar software providers to make sure it is “aware of emerging vulnerabilities”.
This was the statement given by the spokesperson for Home Affairs minister Tony Burke to the media earlier this week.
"Our government takes protection of critical infrastructure extremely seriously which is why we’re working with software providers and companies like Anthropic to make sure we are aware of emerging vulnerabilities," Reuters cited the spokesperson.
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How powerful is Mythos really?
We don’t know if that means the Australian government is using Anthropic’s Mythos Preview tool, or if it is just being kept in the loop on the tool’s capabilities.
Earlier this month, Anthropic announced a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing. At its heart is Mythos Preview, the company’s latest Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) model, allegedly capable of discovering - and exploiting - more vulnerabilities than any of its predecessors.
In fact, Mythos is allegedly so powerful that Anthropic decided not to share it with the public and instead gave it to a handful of major software companies.
Since then, the internet has been abuzz. While some praised it as a revolution that would practically end cybercrime, others were wary of what might happen if the tool were to fall into the wrong hands. Some, claimed it was all a PR stunt, and slammed Anthropic for basing its advertising on fear. Apparently, OpenAI did the same with an earlier version of Chat-GPT which, as it later turned out, wasn’t as powerful as the company was saying.
Still, things might be different with Mythos. The US government is apparently using it, despite the company being designated a supply chain risk, and Mozilla CTO recently called the tool the light at the end of the tunnel.
Mythos’ public release does not yet have a firm date.
Via Reuters
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