Anthropic Launches Mythos-Class AI Models With Lifted Safeguards for Cyberdefenders Amid Industry Slowdown Calls
Summary
Anthropic launches two powerful Mythos-class AI models — Fable 5 for the public and Mythos 5 with lifted safeguards for cyberdefenders — pushing forward despite industry calls for a slowdown, backed by a $65 billion funding round valuing the company at nearly $1 trillion.
Key Points
- Anthropic launches two Mythos-class models — Fable 5 for general public use and Mythos 5 with lifted safeguards exclusively for cyberdefenders and infrastructure providers via Project Glasswing, with both models setting new benchmarks and offering extended autonomous capabilities.
- Anthropic shifts away from its Zero Data Retention policy, now requiring 30-day data retention for Fable, Mythos, and future high-capability models, while pricing both at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens — half the cost of the Mythos preview.
- Despite researchers calling for an industry-wide slowdown on AI development just last week, Anthropic pushes forward with the release, driven by shareholder pressure, an upcoming IPO, and a freshly announced $65 billion funding round at a $965 billion valuation.