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Legend, according to Anthropic, has the ability to detect decades-old vulnerabilities in browsers, infrastructure and software.
WASHINGTON, USA – The Pentagon is deploying Anthropic’s Mythos cybersecurity model to find and fix software vulnerabilities in the US government even as it races to complete the transition from the AI firm, the Defense Department’s chief technology officer said Tuesday, May 12.
Announced on April 7, Mythos is being deployed as part of Anthropic’s “Project Glasswing,” a controlled initiative in which specific organizations are allowed to use an unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model for cybersecurity protection purposes.
Legend, according to Anthropic, has the ability to detect decades-old vulnerabilities in web browsers, infrastructure and software.
Emil Michael, the Defense Department’s chief technology officer and under secretary for research and engineering, said the Pentagon is continuing to implement its plan to remove Anthropic products from its operations in the coming months.
However, he said the issue of Mythos “is a time of national security” where the government has strengthened the networks, because the model has the ability to find the weaknesses of the network and fix them.
Michael told attendees at a conference in Washington, DC, that while vulnerabilities have always existed, artificial intelligence tools like Mythos mean they can now be found and patched quickly – but also quickly exploited.
Michael also said that Anthropic’s advantage is temporary, adding that examples from OpenAI, xAI and Google will come soon.
DOD announced Anthropic risk of supply after the two parties failed to agree on how Anthropic models could be used by the organization.
Anthropic to sue the Trump administration in March to try to change the Pentagon’s blacklist. – Rappler.com
