Powell, Bessent discussed Anthropic’s Mythos AI cyber threat with major U.S. banks

The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for another meeting, but a special gathering was called to discuss Mythos, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to share information about a confidential matter.

Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out the new artificial intelligence model in a limited capacity over concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

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