☕ Striking fear

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Anthropic's new AI model Claude Mythos is causing alarm among banks and federal officials due to its ability to detect cybersecurity flaws thousands of times faster than human hackers. The model was distributed to only 40 organizations including major banks, prompting an emergency meeting between Fed Chair Powell, Treasury Secretary Bessent, and top bank CEOs. Market data shows mixed performance with Nasdaq gaining while Dow declined, and inflation spiked to 3.3% due to Iran war driving up gas prices.

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Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI model can detect thousands of cybersecurity flaws annually versus 100 for human teams, prompting emergency meetings between Fed officials and major bank CEOs
The model was distributed to only 40 organizations including major banks due to concerns it could debilitate Fortune 100 companies and infiltrate national defense systems
Inflation spiked to 3.3% in March driven by Iran war pushing up gas prices, while Palantir declined on fears Anthropic's AI tools would hurt the software industry

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