The Most Dangerous AI Model Just Leaked

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Okay. What else is happening? Anthropic built an AI model so dangerous, they refused to release it to the public. We discussed that last week. However, we just learned that unauthorized users got a hold of it anyway. Bloomberg reported that a small group of unknown, unapproved users have had access to the model Mythos for two weeks. They broke into the model the same day Anthropic launched Project Glasswing, a controlled rollout giving a select group of companies exclusive access to the model. Anthropic says it is investigating the security breach from these unidentified individuals but has found no evidence of malicious use so far. The question is, if they can access Mythos without permission, then who else can and how bad could it get? Here to help us answer those questions, we're speaking with Sherri Davidoff, founder of LMG Security and co-host of the podcast Cyberside Chats. Sherri, thanks for joining us on the show here. We discussed Anthropic's Mythos model the other week. It's extremely powerful. How powerful? I don't know, but I know that it was so powerful that they refused to release it to the public. I also know it was so powerful that we saw meetings at the White House where they convened among some of the most powerful people in the nation to figure out what to do about this thing. Now, we learned that someone accessed it, I guess, and it was unauthorized. I can't tell how much of this is real and how important it really is. That's why I have you. What do you make of this?

**Sherri Davidoff** (4:35)
Well, I mean, this is something we've been expecting from day one. They say three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Mythos Preview has been released to over 40 tech companies, and Lord knows how many people at those tech companies. So from day one, I'm sure there was unauthorized access. The question is, who is accessing it when they shouldn't be? Is it just people at those companies? Is it someone who has wormed their way in from the outside and has actually hacked in? But honestly, the part that I didn't expect was that we would actually hear about it. So bravo to Anthropic for investigating and for whoever it is that figured this out and has started to publicize it.

**Ed Elson** (5:14)
Well, it wasn't them. It was Bloomberg. It was the reporters over at Bloomberg who figured this out.
I mean, I guess if we could just go back a little bit, from my understanding, the problem with Mythos is that it can basically hack any cybersecurity infrastructure anywhere in the world. And you are an expert in cybersecurity. Could you just take us through what is the danger of Mythos exactly and how powerful is it? What are the capabilities?