EU to talk to Anthropic about access to Mythos AI model

The European Commission is pushing to ensure access to Mythos Preview for EU companies
US officials recently blocked wider distribution, citing security risks.
Mythos Preview can expose decades-old vulnerabilities and generate exploits at high speed

The European Commission (EC) is trying to secure access to Anthropic’s Mythos Preview AI model for European companies and is sending emissaries across the pond to try to push for that outcome.

Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said the EC will send some officials to San Francisco this week to meet with Anthropic PBC representatives to learn more about the tool and try to make it available to the bloc.

The publication says the EU has been pushing for access since Anthropic first revealed Project Glasswing, seeking to test its networks, as well as those of EU banks, critical infrastructure companies and technology companies. Anthropic is also apparently eager to expand the number of organizations that are part of the testing phase, but the US government is holding it back.

The Glasswing project is important

“White House officials recently rejected Anthropic’s plans to distribute Mythos to several dozen additional companies and organizations, citing security concerns,” the publication wrote. At the same time, French ministers were also said to have been “demanding” access for EU banks and companies, and in early May, Eurogroup president Kyriakos Pierrakakis underlined how important Mythos is:

“I don’t think we can afford not to try to establish channels of communication with the United States.” Pierrakakis said. “The challenge here is that technologies like AI need international governance frameworks at a time when multilateralism is challenged.”

Anthropic’s announcement of the Mythos Preview model shook the entire cybersecurity industry. Apparently, the tool can easily expose decades-old vulnerabilities in fully patched systems and programs and use them to create working exploits. The AI was deemed too dangerous to share with the public and was instead given to a handful of key organizations (banks, critical infrastructure companies, and the like) so they could protect their products before bad actors got their hands on the tool.

Through Bloomberg