Anthropic confirms briefing Trump administration on Mythos AI model
Original: Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos
Why This Matters
Shows ongoing government-AI company cooperation despite regulatory tensions
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark confirmed the company briefed the Trump administration about its unreleased Mythos AI model, which is deemed too dangerous for public release due to powerful cybersecurity capabilities. This occurred despite ongoing lawsuit.
Jack Clark, Anthropic's co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, confirmed at the Semafor World Economy summit that the company briefed the Trump administration about its Mythos model, announced last week but withheld from public release due to alleged dangerous cybersecurity capabilities. This engagement continues despite Anthropic's March lawsuit against Trump's Department of Defense, which labeled the company a supply-chain risk after disputes over military AI access for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Clark called it a "narrow contracting dispute" and emphasized the company's commitment to national security. Reports indicate Trump officials encouraged major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and others to test Mythos. Clark also discussed AI's employment impact, noting Anthropic sees "some potential weakness in early graduate employment" in select industries, though he disagreed with CEO Dario Amodei's warnings about Depression-era unemployment levels.