Anthropic did not submit its most powerful artificial intelligence model to the UK government’s AI Security Institute for testing before releasing it last week, the first time the company has bypassed the British body.
Claude Mythos 5.1 was made available only to US vetting organisations. The model, designed specifically for cybersecurity and life sciences, is distributed through what Anthropic calls “trusted access programs” rather than released publicly.
In a blog post last week, the company said the model was “only available to a set of US organisations, though we’re co-ordinating with the US government to expand access to a broader set of domestic and international partners as quickly as possible”. The story was reported by the Financial Times.
Anthropic said access runs through two schemes: a Cyber Verification Program for defensive security professionals, and a Life Sciences Verification Program that it said was developed in partnership with the US government and has enrolled its first participants.
An earlier model in the same family, Claude Mythos, prompted crisis meetings among finance ministers and central bankers over fears the technology could be turned on the global financial system. Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, told media the model was “serious enough to warrant the attention of all the finance ministers”.
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