Governments and regulators must “stay at the frontier” of rising threats from artificial intelligence, a top official at the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday, as fears about the destructive potential of Anthropic PBC’s new models dominated conversations at the fund’s Spring Meetings.
AI is a “very powerful tool that can be used for good and for bad,” said Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor at the IMF. “Our advice is to really stay at the frontier of all of these threats and to be extremely proactive in terms of the policy frameworks relate to cyber security, but also relative to the operational readiness to act when necessary.”
Banks have begun testing Anthropic’s new Mythos models after US officials last week expressed alarm at the technology’s potential to be leveraged for catastrophic cyber attacks. The focus has now turned to bolstering cyber defenses before the model’s general release.
“The developments last week were really focused around making sure that artificial intelligence is used to protect the integrity of financial institutions and other corporations and governments around the world,” he said, speaking at the launch of the IMF’s semi annual global financial stability report.
“It is extremely important for global financial stability to make sure that any cyber security threats are addressed very quickly,” he said.
The Bank of England also plans to discuss the impact of Anthropic’s latest release with financial institutions while the European Commission has said it is “monitoring the security implications” of such technology.
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Published on April 15, 2026