Anthropic releases ‘safe’ version of its Mythos AI technology

Anthropic is releasing a straitjacketed version of Mythos that researchers believe is safe for widespread use and relies on older technology for some of what it does, the company said on Tuesday.

Called Claude Fable 5, this new system includes additional guardrails designed to block responses related to cybersecurity, biology and other vulnerable areas. Because of these guardrails, hackers may struggle to attack computer networks using Fable. But businesses and cybersecurity experts may also struggle to defend networks using the new system.

Most queries from Claude users in areas that could be perceived as too risky, the company said, will be handled by Claude Opus 4.8, which was released last month and was also designed to avoid the security risks of Mythos.

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