Anthropic to give Mythos to first EU body ahead of wider release

Anthropic PBC is set to give the European Union’s cybersecurity body access to Mythos, the first EU agency to get access to the powerful artificial intelligence tool that officials fear may be used to exploit vulnerabilities in key computer systems. 

The generative AI company is going to let ENISA join Project Glasswing, an initiative to let key organizations test Mythos capabilities before it’s released more widely, people familiar with the matter said. Anthropic communicated the decision to the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, over the weekend, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private.

The EU and finance ministers across Europe have been pushing for access to Mythos since it was first previewed in April, and commission officials traveled to San Francisco last week to ask Anthropic executives for access to the model.

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