Powell and Bessent Raise Cybersecurity Concerns Over Anthropic’s Mythos AI With Major Banks

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with the leaders of major U.S. banks this week to discuss cyber risks tied to Anthropic’s new Mythos AI model. The meeting was described as urgent in some reports, and CNBC confirmed the discussions on Friday.
Anthropic has said Mythos can identify and exploit vulnerabilities in major operating systems and web browsers when a user directs it to do so. That capability has raised concerns among U.S. officials that advanced AI tools could increase cyber threats to the financial system.
Anthropic released Mythos in a limited form this week because of concerns that hackers could misuse its capabilities. The warning from top U.S. financial officials highlights growing attention to how AI could affect bank security and broader financial stability.

Anthropic released the model in limited capacity, but U.S. officials raised concerns that it could be misused for cyberattacks.

Officials said the model could help identify and exploit security weaknesses, which could increase cyber risk for banks and the financial system.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with leaders of major U.S. banks.

The reports describe concerns about possible future risks, not a confirmed attack.

CNBC

Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with the heads of major U.S. banks to discuss the cyber threat of Anthropic's new Mythos model. Anthropic rolled out Mythos this week in a limited capacity over concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Anthropic says its Mythos model is capable of identifying and then exploiting vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser when directed by a user to do so. US officials are concerned that this could put the financial system at risk.

CNBC Television

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic's Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday. CNBC's Hugh Son reports.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that Anthropic's Mythos will usher in an era of greater cyber risk. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3QwZbBB

PYMNTS

The heads of the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve held an “urgent” meeting with CEOs of major banks to discuss concerns about potential future cyber risks posed by Anthropic's Mythos and other artificial intelligence (AI) models, Bloomberg reported Thursday (April 9), citing unnamed sourc...

Yahoo Finance

Fed's Powell, Scott Bessent warn bank CEOs of Anthropic AI risk: BBG Anthropic's (ANTH.PVT) new Claude Mythos have raised alarm bells this week as the AI model sparks concerns from its own developer that it could enable hackers. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Head of News Myles Udl...

Bloomberg Technology

Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde discusses concerns about cyber risks raised by Anthropic's newest AI model. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting to discuss the threat.

CNBC

VP JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks, sources told CNBC. The call came a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, which has major cybersecurity implications.

CNBC Television

Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security of artificial intelligence models and how to respond to cyber attacks before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC has learned.

CNBC Television

John Carlin, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the state of cybersecurity stocks amid potential AI disruption.

Reuters

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech ‌CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to give them an urgent warning: an artificial intelligence tool from Anthropic PBC marks the beginning of a new era of cybersecurity. The April 7 meeting in Washington was focused on Mythos, a n...

CNBC Television

Theresa Payton, Fortalice Solutions CEO and former White House chief information officer, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to discuss AI-related cybersecurity concerns, how companies need to address potential vulnerabilities, and more.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

The advent of Mythos and AI models like it that can exploit well-hidden flaws in software points to a faster-moving, less predictable phase of the cyber arms race.

Bloomberg Technology

The advent of Mythos and AI models like it that can exploit well-hidden flaws in software points to a faster-moving, less predictable phase of the cyber arms race.

Seeking Alpha

Anthropic's Mythos AI model has triggered a sharp selloff in software stocks, intensifying uncertainty across the SaaS sector. It broke March's temporal respite.

The Guardian

The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investment

Reuters

UK financial regulators are holding ‌urgent talks with the government's cyber security agency ⁠and major banks to assess risks posed by the new artificial intelligence ‌model ⁠from Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on ⁠Sunday.

TechCrunch

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned bank executives for a meeting this week where they encouraged the executives to use Anthropic's new Mythos model to detect vulnerabilities, according to Bloomberg.

Accesswire

Federal Reserve Chairman and Treasury Secretary Meet with Major Bank CEOs Following Anthropic's Mythos AI Release; Greene Concepts Management Urges Immediate Action to Protect Smart Home Devices MARION, NC / ACCESS Newswire / April 13, 2026 / Greene Concepts Inc. (OTC Pink:INKW) owner and operator o...

Business Insider

Anthropic's new Mythos model has alarmed officials and AI experts for the advanced abilities it's touted. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and banking leaders met with top officials last week about the risk.

Reuters

Anthropic's Mythos, a new AI model the company and cybersecurity experts warn could supercharge complex cyberattacks, poses significant challenges to the banking industry with its legacy technology systems, experts said in the days following the model's announcement.

Reuters

Anthropic is discussing its frontier AI model Mythos with the Trump administration, the firm's co-founder said on Monday, even after the Pentagon cut off business with the U.S. ‌AI company following a contract dispute.

Forbes

Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview last week, but also said it was not currently planning to release it to the public. In a blog post, Anthropic said Mythos was capable of exploiting security flaws in “every major operating system and web browser,” and would instead allow a group of 40 major...

Benzinga

Anthropic's unveiling of Project Glasswing and its Claude Mythos frontier model marks a watershed moment for cybersecurity, introducing an AI system capable of discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities autonomously at unprecedented scale.

CNBC

Jamie Dimon said AI is a double-edged sword: “it's made it worse, it's made it harder,” creating new cyber vulnerabilities even as it may eventually strengthen defenses. JPMorgan Chase is testing Mythos AI model from Anthropic, which Dimon said shows “a lot more vulnerabilities need to be fixed.

Bloomberg Technology

The ability of Anthropic's Mythos AI model to uncover cyber vulnerabilities has the government and institutions worried, with a limited group of firms testing the model internally. But Jaya Baloo, COO and CISO of cyber firm Aisle, says its testing shows cheap open-source models can find the same bug...

TechCrunch

Jack Clark, one of Anthropic's co-founders who also serves as Head of Public Benefit for Anthropic PBC, confirmed that the AI company had briefed the Trump administration about its new Mythos model.

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