Anthropic Mythos Model Theft: China-Linked Access
The White House reportedly believes a China-linked group accessed Anthropic's Mythos AI model, prompting export restrictions on the technology. If confirmed, the breach represents a significant national security threat, as adversaries could exploit the model directly or use knowledge distillation to replicate its capabilities. Separately, reports of jailbreak vulnerabilities in Mythos and Fable compound concerns about unauthorised access to frontier AI systems.