UK banks to access Anthropic's Mythos cybersecurity model within the next week

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The release by Anthropic of its AI model Mythos has sparked panic among banks and financial regulators after the company claimed to have found severe zero-day vulnerabilities in every in every major operating system and web browser.

The firm has already begun to release the code to some of Wall Street's elite firms after interventions by the US Treasury and Federal Reserve.

In the UK, the FCA, HM Treasury, and the National Cyber Security Centre have held talks with banks over the potential danger to critical infrastructure exposed by Mythos.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Pip White, Anthropic's head of Emea, says: "The engagement that I've had from CEOs in the past week in the UK has been significant," confirming that UK banks will be able to get their hands on the product in a controlled manner within the coming week.

Anthropic will soon have it hands full across Europe as the European Central Bank (ECB) prepares for talks with the bloc's banks about the potential risks posed by the Mythos Preview model. The German Banking Association, Bundesbank and regulator BaFin have also expressed their concerns.