Australia government working with Anthropic over cybersecurity vulnerabilities

SYDNEY, April ⁠23 (Reuters) - Australia is ⁠working with software providers including Anthropic over potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities, a spokesperson for Home ⁠Affairs minister Tony ⁠Burke said on Thursday, ⁠following the firm's release of ⁠its Mythos AI model that has caused concern in ⁠several countries.

Designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks, Mythos' vast ⁠capabilities have sparked fears about the threat to traditional software security, ⁠after Anthropic said a preview had uncovered "thousands" of major vulnerabilities in "every ⁠major operating system and web browser".

(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)