US Officials Warn Banks on Anthropic AI

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and United States — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent, short-notice meeting with CEOs of major U.S. banks, including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs, to warn about significant cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic's newly launched Mythos AI model. JPMorgan Chase's CEO, Jamie Dimon, was unable to attend. Anthropic's Mythos model is capable of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers, raising concerns among regulators about potential systemic risks to the financial system. Anthropic has limited the model's release to a small group of technology and finance firms, including Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon (company), and JPMorgan Chase, as part of 'Project Glasswing' to secure critical systems. The United States — United States Department of the Treasury hosted the meeting, emphasizing the government's proactive stance on emerging AI-driven cyber threats. Other central banks, such as the Royal Bank of Canada and the United Kingdom — Bank of England, are also taking action to address these concerns.