Anthroal Security Agency (NSA), a report has said, adding that the tech firm is actively helping the intelligence agency deploy its highly advanced “Mythos” AI model for cyber operations. The ‘undercover’ arrangement is taking place despite the fact that AnthroWar, which includes the NSA.Citing people familiar with the matter, the Financial Times, reported that Anthrors’ directly inside the NSA, and these specialists are tasked with customising the AI models for highly specific national security applications and guiding government operators on how to wield the technology.While it remains unclear if the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s staff are participating in live, active cyberattacks, an insider close to the situation told the publication that the Mythos software is specifically built to infiltrate the heavily fortified computer networks of foreign adversaries like China and Iran.“The best way to build a good defense is to build a good attack,” a person close to Anthro reportedly argued that global rivals are already developing similar automated weapons: “If [Mythos] is not used to build attack agents, adversaries will find a way to do it.”
A legal war with the Pentagon
The partnership is highly unusual because the Pentagon recently labeled Anthro US business. The relationship between the government and the AI lab soured after Anthro commercial “Claude” AI models to conduct mass surveillance on American citizens or to power lethal autonomous drones.Anthrolabel. Yet, even as lawyers trade blows in court, the Trump administration has quietly pushed forward, embedding Anthropic’s technology across various federal agencies, the report suggests.
Why Anthropic’s Mythos triggered global alarm
The secret deployment comes as Anthroorporations over the raw power of its technology. When the Mythos model launched in April, it was initially restricted to a tiny, elite group of US organisations. Anthro Mythos to 150 organisations across 15 different countries.
