Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic's Mythos release, CNBC reports

April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday.

Anthropic's ⁠Dario Amodei, Alphabet's Sundar ⁠Pichai, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and the heads of Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike were on the call, according to the report.

Anthropic declined to comment, while ⁠Alphabet, OpenAI, Microsoft, ⁠Palo Alto and CrowdStrike did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

Earlier this week, Anthropic launched a powerful AI model but held off on releasing it widely over concerns ⁠that it could expose hidden cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Only a group of around 40 tech ⁠heavyweights, including Microsoft and Google, ⁠would have access to Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model.

The startup had said it ⁠had been in ongoing discussions with the U.S. government about the model's capabilities.

(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)