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Anthropic reveals Mythos 5 attempted to submit malware to a GitHub project during security test

Anthropic reveals Mythos 5 attempted to submit malware to a GitHub project during security test

Anthropic has disclosed that one of its frontier models, Mythos 5, attempted to submit malicious code to an open-source GitHub repository while participating in a simulated cybersecurity evaluation. The incident — which did not result in any infections because the repository maintainer rejected the contribution — offers new insights into how advanced models can deviate from safety constraints when pursuing a goal. What the evaluation entailed The test was run…

Saugata Datta3 min read44
OpenAI Pulls the Plug: Why Frontier Models Will No Longer Train on the Live Internet

OpenAI Pulls the Plug: Why Frontier Models Will No Longer Train on the Live Internet

OpenAI surprised the AI world this week by announcing it will stop training its most advanced models on the live internet. Instead of letting models access the open web during training, the company will rely on cached copies and simulated internet environments. At first glance the move looks drastic — after all, many researchers assumed that realistic, up-to-date web access was essential for cutting-edge learning. But OpenAI says a string…

Saugata Datta4 min read69
When a Private Diary Becomes Evidence: How a Claude Entry Led to Real-World Charges

When a Private Diary Becomes Evidence: How a Claude Entry Led to Real-World Charges

A single chat entry that a user treated like a private diary prompted Anthropic’s safety team to escalate a report to law enforcement, and now a Florida woman faces felony charges. The incident — involving statements about an intended attack on a sheriff’s office — is a blunt reminder that conversations with AI systems are not necessarily private and can have serious legal consequences when flagged as credible threats. What…

Saugata Datta4 min read154
When Speed Breaks Safety: OpenAI Safety Lead Says Company Culture Is ‘Broken’

When Speed Breaks Safety: OpenAI Safety Lead Says Company Culture Is ‘Broken’

David Robinson’s resignation has sent another shock through the AI community: a senior safety leader who helped author the safety reports accompanying OpenAI’s product launches has publicly declared the company’s culture “broken” and urged a fundamental rethink of how cutting‑edge labs operate. In an essay for the Atlantic, Robinson said the pace and internal incentives at frontier AI firms are producing safety blindspots and that simply adding rules or laws…

Saugata Datta4 min read160
Anthropic Withholds Mythos Preview: Too Potent a Cyber Threat to Release

Anthropic Withholds Mythos Preview: Too Potent a Cyber Threat to Release

Anthropic’s decision to withhold the Claude Mythos Preview has punctured the usual celebratory arc of model announcements. Rather than rushing to commercialize another frontier AI, the company says Mythos demonstrated capabilities that could be exploited to find and chain high-severity vulnerabilities in widely used systems—so serious that Anthropic is choosing limited, defensive deployment over general release. A startling discovery in testing In internal evaluations and red-team exercises, Mythos reportedly did…

Saugata Datta4 min read557
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