Claude Mythos Unveiled: Beats Opus 4.6 by a Wide Margin, Costs 5× More, and Is Locked Away for Safety
Claude Mythos, Anthropic’s latest model, outperforms Opus 4.6 across benchmarks (SWE‑bench +24%, Verified +13%, Terminal‑Bench +17%), costs roughly five times more, and is being kept under lock‑down in the “Project Glasswing” security initiative involving major tech firms to mitigate its newly discovered high‑risk vulnerabilities.
Anthropic has released a preview of Claude Mythos, its newest large‑language model, claiming it dramatically outperforms the previous state‑of‑the‑art Opus 4.6.
Benchmark results show substantial gains: SWE‑bench Pro bug‑fix ability rises by 24%, SWE‑bench Verified improves by 13%, and Terminal‑Bench 2.0 (computer‑operation agent) increases by 17% compared with Opus 4.6.
The preview also uncovered thousands of high‑severity vulnerabilities affecting major operating systems and browsers, indicating that Mythos’s code‑level attack capability already exceeds that of most human hackers.
Concerned about the rapid escalation of AI‑driven security threats, Anthropic decided not to open the model to the public and instead placed it under strict containment.
Anthropic launched “Project Glasswing,” a security program that invites leading tech companies—including Amazon, Apple, Google, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, and NVIDIA—to use the Mythos preview for defensive work. The company pledged a $100 million usage quota and a $4 million donation to open‑source security organizations.
All participating partners will integrate Mythos into their own security pipelines, scanning and hardening both proprietary and open‑source systems. Anthropic emphasizes that AI security is no longer a niche academic concern; the model’s capabilities could fundamentally reshape the network‑security landscape.
The article warns that if AI‑driven exploits spread unchecked, they could become catastrophic for the economy and public safety, urging immediate action from the entire ecosystem.
References: [1] https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/2041579938537775160; [2] https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
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