Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, can identify–and exploit—security holes in everything from operating systems to cryptographic software. The Economist’s deputy editor Tom Standage and AI writer Alex Hern explain how the time between a vulnerability being identified and being weaponised has shrunk from a number of years to just a few hours.
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Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, can identify–and exploit—security holes in everything from operating systems to cryptographic software. The Economist’s deputy editor Tom Standage and AI writer Alex Hern explain how the time between a vulnerability being identified and being weaponised has shrunk from a number of years to just a few hours.
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Watch the full show: https://econ.st/41PH50o
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