China may have reached Mythos

According to a new report from traffic lightsThe White House’s decision to impose it Export restrictions Anthropic’s Mythos was partly motivated by fears that a group linked to China had access to it. If the Chinese government actually gains access to the Mythos 5 or Fable 5, it would pose a significant national security risk. The government could also try to reverse engineer the model with it distillationIt is a method by which a “student” AI is trained on a more advanced model to replicate its behavior.

The White House has not confirmed this report, and it was published on X by a Trump advisor David Sacks He did not mention China. Instead, Sachs focused on the stated ability of Fable and the Mythos JailbreakThis is something that the Anthropist denied. Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment, despite a statement from a company spokesperson traffic lights The government did not mention China during its discussions on export controls.

If the Chinese government gains access to the Mythos, it wouldn’t be the first embarrassed A violation of the strongest anthropic model. The company said that Mythos is too dangerous and powerful for public consumption, but it is a Discord group It is said that he managed to reach For two weeks before Anthropic discovered the hack and cut off access.