Vice President J.D. Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned top executives in the technology sector about the security of AI models and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday. Dario Amodei from Anthropic, Sundar Pichai from Alphabet, Sam Altman from OpenAI, Satya Nadella from Microsoft, and the leaders of Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike participated in the call, according to the report.
Anthropic declined to comment, while Alphabet, OpenAI, Microsoft, Palo Alto, and CrowdStrike did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comments. Earlier this week, Anthropic launched a powerful AI model but refrained from widely distributing it, fearing it could expose hidden vulnerabilities in cybersecurity.
Only a group of around 40 tech heavyweights, including Microsoft and Google, would have access to Anthropic’s “Claude Mythos” model.
The startup stated that it was in discussions with the U.S. government regarding the capabilities of the model.
