ECB to warn bankers about new Anthropic model risks, source says

FRANKFURT, April ⁠15 (Reuters) - European Central Bank supervisors are ⁠set to warn bankers about the risks posed by Anthropic's new artificial intelligence model that might supercharge cyberattacks, one source familiar with the situation told ⁠Reuters.

Anthropic's Mythos is ⁠seen by cybersecurity experts as posing significant ⁠challenges to the banking industry and its legacy technology systems, ⁠raising alarm bells among regulators in Britain and the United States.

ECB supervisors are gathering ⁠information about the model, with a view to discussing this new possible source of ⁠risk with banks on their watch, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity because they ⁠are not authorised to comment publicly on the matter.

Unlike in the U.S., this will be done via the ECB's regular dialogue with ⁠bank staff and no ad-hoc meeting with top management has been scheduled yet.

An ECB spokesperson declined to comment.

(Reporting by Francesco Canepa; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)