India fintechs scramble for access to Anthropic Mythos

Indian fintech players are reportedly lobbying Anthropic for early access to its restricted AI model Mythos, amid mounting global concerns the technology could expose critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities. According to Bloomberg , One97 Communications, Razorpay Software and Pine Labs are among companies seeking entry into the next phase of the AI model’s limited rollout. “We had an urgent call with Anthropic to check when they’re creating a second list of companies that will get access to Mythos,” said One97 Communications CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. He added the AI player asked “what One97 would do with Mythos”, underscoring the scrutiny around access. “It’s a race against time for startups like us,” explained Pine labs cofounder and CEO Harshil Mathur, adding “we want to test the weaknesses on our platform and strengthen our defences”. Anthropic has kept the model under wraps as part of its Project Glasswing programme, warning Mythos is “too dangerous” for wider release after internal tests showed it can identify and exploit software flaws at a level far beyond most human experts. “Is this the beginning of the end?” Sharma said, cautioning, “a country’s technology networks and financial systems could be infiltrated from any node anywhere”. The unknown Indeed, the defensive push by Indian fintechs to access Mythos reflects rising global concern that the model could uncover hidden weaknesses across banking infrastructure, potentially destabilising financial systems. Canada’s finance minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told the BBC the threat posed by Mythos is “serious enough to warrant the attention of all the finance ministers” and represents “the unknown”. Meanwhile, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told the publication authorities are assessing “what this latest AI development could mean for the risk of cyber crime”. Claude Mythos is currently available to a small group of companies including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Nvidia and Google. The US Treasury Department is reportedly also eyeing access to test government software for vulnerabilities, pivoting away from its earlier critique of Anthropic posing a supply-chain risk. The post India fintechs scramble for access to Anthropic Mythos appeared first on Mobile World Live .