US summons bank bosses over cyber risks from Anthropic's latest AI model
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- #AI Cybersecurity Risks
- #US Bank Regulation
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent summoned major US bank chiefs to Washington due to concerns over cybersecurity risks from Anthropic's latest AI model.
- The meeting was prompted by the release of Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI model, which reportedly exposes thousands of software vulnerabilities, surpassing human skill in finding and exploiting them.
- Key attendees included CEOs from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo; JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon was invited but absent.
- Jamie Dimon emphasized in a shareholder letter that cybersecurity is a major risk and AI could worsen it.
- Anthropic restricted the Mythos model's release to select businesses like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Broadcom, and the Linux Foundation, marking its first product restriction.
- Concerns include hackers using AI tools for password cracking or encryption breaches, with vulnerabilities up to 27 years old being newly identified by AI.
- The US government has designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk, which the company is contesting in court.