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OpenAI Restricts Access to GPT-5.5 Cyber Tool Despite Criticizing Anthropic's Similar Approach
OpenAI is limiting access to its new cybersecurity tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber, releasing it only to "critical cyber defenders" through an application process, despite CEO Sam Altman previously criticizing Anthropic for taking t...
NSA Deploys Anthropic's Unreleased Mythos AI Model for Cybersecurity Despite Pentagon Supply Chain Dispute
The National Security Agency is reportedly using Anthropic's Mythos Preview, a frontier AI model designed for cybersecurity that was withheld from public release due to its offensive capabilities. This occurs amid a conf...
U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Push Major Banks to Test Anthropic's Mythos Cybersecurity Model Despite Ongoing Government Conflict
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell encouraged major bank executives to use Anthropic's new Mythos AI model for detecting security vulnerabilities, with several major banks now report...
Defense Tech Startup Mach Industries Develops AI-Native Autonomous Weapons Systems
Ethan Thornton, CEO of Mach Industries, is building decentralized, AI-native defense technologies including autonomous weapons systems since launching from MIT in 2023. The company represents a new wave of startups integ...