White House fights Anthropic’s plan to expand Mythos tool that experts fear could cause AI doomsday

Business White House fights Anthropic’s plan to expand Mythos tool that experts fear could cause AI doomsday By Taylor Herzlich Published April 30, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET The White House is reportedly fighting Anthropic’s plan to expand access to Claude Mythos – a powerful AI tool that company execs have warned could cause a wave of hacks and terror attacks if it fell into the wrong hands. Anthropic recently proposed giving an additional 70 companies access to Mythos, bringing the total number to 120 organizations, sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Just earlier this month, the firm announced “Project Glasswing,” a plan to provide the model to a select group of handpicked companies including Amazon, Google and JPMorgan.

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