The NSA is reportedly preparing Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations

Anthropic has deployed about a half-dozen NSA engineers to help its spies use the company’s cybersecurity AI model, Mythos, Financial Times Quoted from anonymous sources.

The engineers are tasked with helping the intelligence agency use Mythos for specific applications, the report said. However, it is not clear whether the Engineers or Mythos are being actively used in the agency’s hacking operations.

The NSA is charged with collecting intelligence from wiretaps, undersea cables, corporate partnerships and other covert means, as well as launching offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries.

The Financial Times report adds to previous news from Axios, which… Reported in April That the NSA was using Mythos despite a federal ban on the use of Anthropic technology. This ban came after the Department of Defense’s decision to classify Anthropology “Supply chain risk” in retaliation To not allow the government to use its models of mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.

The latest report comes as governments scramble to access Mythos, Anthropic’s programme She claims she had to limit accessFearing that its cybersecurity capabilities could be exploited to discover security flaws and carry out hacking operations.

When TechCrunch reached out to an NSA spokesperson, he declined to confirm or deny the report. Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment.