{"id":22839,"date":"2026-04-23T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/the-guardian-view-on-anthropics-claude-mythos-when-ai-finds-every-flaw-who-controls-the-internet-editorial\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:37:21","slug":"the-guardian-view-on-anthropics-claude-mythos-when-ai-finds-every-flaw-who-controls-the-internet-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/the-guardian-view-on-anthropics-claude-mythos-when-ai-finds-every-flaw-who-controls-the-internet-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian view on Anthropic\u2019s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet<\/p>\n

Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos<\/a>, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown \u201czero-day\u201d flaws, exploit them and, in principle, link these weaknesses in order to take over major operating systems and web browsers<\/a>. Mythos did so autonomously, writing code and obtaining privileges. The implications are significant. It\u2019s like a\u00a0burglar being able to target any building, get inside, unlock every door and empty every safe.<\/p>\n

The Silicon Valley company has so far named 40\u00a0organisations<\/a> as partners under Project Glasswing to help mount a defence \u2013 asking them to \u201cpatch\u201d vulnerabilities before hackers get a chance to exploit them. All are American, sitting at the heart of the US-led digital system. Anthropic shared Mythos with only Britain outside the US, allowing the AI Security Institute to test frontier models. After seeing it up close, British ministers warned<\/a>: AI is about to make cyber-attacks much easier and faster, and most businesses are not ready. Banks in Europe<\/a> are likely to test it next.<\/p>\n

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\nTech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet
\nAnthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown \u201czero-day\u201d flaws, exploit them and, in principle, link these weaknesses in order to take over major operating systems and web browsers. Mythos did so autonomously, writing code and obtaining privileges. The implications are significant. It\u2019s like a\u00a0burglar being able to target any building, get inside, unlock every door and empty every safe.
\nThe Silicon Valley company has so far named 40\u00a0organisations as partners under Project Glasswing to help mount a defence \u2013 asking them to \u201cpatch\u201d vulnerabilities before hackers get a chance to exploit them. All are American, sitting at the heart of the US-led digital system. Anthropic shared Mythos with only Britain outside the US, allowing the AI Security Institute to test frontier models. After seeing it up close, British ministers warned: AI is about to make cyber-attacks much easier and faster, and most businesses are not ready. Banks in Europe are likely to test it next. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown …<\/p>\n

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