A group of users leaked Anthropic’s AI model Mythos by reportedly guessing where it was located |
A group of users leaked Anthropic’s AI model Mythos by reportedly guessing where it was located
The AI model that Anthropic billed as too dangerous to release has reportedly been accessed by an unauthorized third party, and the incident raises concerns about the future of cybersecurity.
The Mythos model was reportedly accessed by a handful of users in a private Discord chat on the day it was announced publicly, Bloomberg reported. Earlier this month, the group was able to access the program in part because one of the members of the group is a third party contractor for Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. Using this access, the group was able to guess where the model was located based on previously leaked knowledge by another group about Anthropic’s past practices, that hackers obtained from AI training startup Mercor.
Although the group that accessed it has not been using the model for cyberattacks, it has been using the program continuously since its release and still has access, the outlet reported.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment. A spokesperson from Anthropic told Bloomberg the company was “investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments.”
The fact that the model was leaked so quickly doesn’t........