- Anthropic prepares to brief the FSB on the capabilities of Mythos
- Financial experts fear attackers could exploit vulnerabilities in banking software
- Banks and lenders have been urged to improve their detection and remediation of vulnerabilities exposed by AI models.
Anthropic is to provide a briefing to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on the vulnerabilities and flaws that the Mythos AI model has exposed “across all major operating systems and web browsers.”
The FSB is a global watchdog that works with G20 finance ministry officials, central bankers and securities regulators.
In announcing Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s collaborative effort to secure the world’s critical software, the company warned that “the consequences – for economies, public safety and national security – could be severe.” »
A myth could threaten the global banking system
According to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke with the Financial TimesAndrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, invited Anthropic to present Mythos’ capabilities and findings to the FSB.
Many FSB members are increasingly concerned that AI models designed to scan for high-severity vulnerabilities could threaten the stability of the global banking system, and therefore the global economy, if adversaries manage to obtain an AI model such as Mythos or OpenAI’s Daybreak, and abuse vulnerabilities in banking software.
Anthropic has provided Mythos to around 40 companies to help them secure their software against critical vulnerabilities. Mozilla found and fixed 423 Firefox security bugs in a single month after exploiting Mythos on the web browser, including some that had been prevalent in the code for more than 15 years.
Many other companies requested access and information about Mythos’ capabilities, but a request from the Trump administration prevented Anthropic from further distributing the software.
The race is now on to patch vulnerabilities discovered by AI as quickly as possible before adversaries and state-sponsored threat actors further develop their own capabilities.
Although AI models such as Mythos are not yet part of the threat actors’ toolbox, Google recently observed attackers using an AI model to discover a zero-day exploit chain for the first time.
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