Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with CEOs of major U.S. banks this week to discuss potential cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday.
Bank leaders were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting, but a special meeting was convened to discuss the Mythos, said a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to share confidential information.
Bloomberg and the Financial Times first reported on the special meeting.
Earlier this week, Anthropic released a limited preview of its new artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos, due to concerns that hackers could exploit its features.
major bank JP Morgan Chase was one of the early launch partners of the cybersecurity initiative known as Project Glasswing. Other partners include: apple, google, microsoft and Nvidia.
Anthropic officials told CNBC that the company is in “ongoing discussions” with the U.S. government, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for AI Standards Innovation, about the cyber capabilities of Claude Mythos Preview.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
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