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Senior US officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, held an urgent meeting with top banking executives this week to highlight potential cybersecurity risks linked to a new artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
The meeting, hosted by the US Treasury in Washington, was aimed at alerting major financial institutions to the possible implications of Anthropic’s recently unveiled “Mythos” model.
The company has described the system as highly advanced, with the ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities across widely used operating systems and web browsers.
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Anthropic introduced the model earlier this week but stopped short of a wider rollout, citing concerns that its capabilities could expose previously unknown security weaknesses.
The company has also been engaging with US government officials in recent weeks to discuss both the defensive and potentially offensive cyber applications of the technology.
According to people aware of the matter, the Treasury-led session sought to ensure that banks are prepared for emerging risks tied to such AI systems and are taking steps to strengthen their cyber defences.
Invitations were extended to executives who were already in Washington for other meetings.
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Attendees reportedly included leaders from some of the largest US banks, such as Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs. Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan, was unable to attend, one of the sources said.
Anthropic has indicated that access to Mythos will be tightly controlled, with availability limited to a small group of around 40 technology companies, including Microsoft and Google.
Neither the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve, Anthropic nor the banks involved have publicly commented on the meeting. (Inputs from Reuters)
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