The AI Too Dangerous to Release – And How Someone Got In Anyway
2026-049Anthropic deliberately withheld Mythos Preview from public release because the model is capable of enabling dangerous cyberattacks. On April 21, 2026, a small group accessed it without authorisation anyway. In this episode, Alyx and Matilda unpack what happened, what Mythos Preview is, and why AI models are becoming high-value targets in their own right.They also explore the dual-use paradox: Mozilla legitimately used the same model to find 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 – showing how the same AI capability that protects can also threaten.Topics: What unauthorised access to an AI…
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