Mythos: Threat, Menace, or Just More Bullshit Hype?

So Antropic has a new model named Mythos, which apparently is good at finding defects in code. They are delaying its release, & giving a prerelease to all the tech biggies, so they can attempt to get their codebases fixed up. In the hands of hackers, it is feared to be a major chaos agent. From Gary Marcus:

What should we take from Anthropic’s (possibly) terrifying new report on Mythos?

Everybody’s talking about Anthropic’s new but unreleased model Mythos (and the related Project Glasswing) and how it might undermine or even devastate cybersecurity.

The New York Times has a similar take. DuckDuckGo "Antropic Mythos", every tech outlet has a story.

Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ‘Reckoning’

The company said on Tuesday that it was holding back on releasing the new technology but was working with 40 companies to explore how it could prevent cyberattacks.

I guess this is laudable of Antropic. But, on the other hand, the last couple of years have conditioned me to wonder, how much of this is just more bullshit marketing hype?

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