Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist considered one of the “godfathers of AI” for his help in pioneering the deep learning systems that underpin today’s AI models, has been warning about the risks of the technology he helped to create for years. Now, he says, new models like Anthropic’s Mythos demonstrate why international institutions urgently need to work together to address AI’s potential dangers.
Anthropic’s newest model, Claude Mythos, is said to represent a major step forward in cybersecurity, identifying thousands of previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerabilities. Zero-days are bugs in software unknown to the programmers who have created that software and that could enable hackers to bypass security controls and potentially steal vital data.
However, the company has said that because these capabilities are dual-use—and could enable sophisticated cyberattacks capable of disrupting critical global infrastructure—it is only releasing the system to a small group of firms to give them a head start in securing vital systems.
