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)