Come To Think of It...

A month after Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos — an AI model so capable at finding software vulnerabilities that the company deemed it "too dangerous" to release publicly — the cybersecurity world is still trying to figure out what it actually means. The model has sparked a cascade of reactions: from panicked banking regulators to a policy shift that's quietly rewriting the rules of AI access. What started as a controlled experiment in responsible AI release has become one of the defining cybersecurity stories of 2026. Mythos was released in April 2026 under extreme restrictions. Only about 50 companies — mostly US-based tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google — were granted access through a program called Project Glasswing . Participants were given access to the model's vulnerability-finding capabilities but were barred from sharing their findings with anyone outside the program. The rationale was straightforward: if this kind of AI can autonomously ...