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Ep 752: Why Anthropic’s New Mythos Model is Terrifying and How it May Change How Business Gets Done

April 9, 2026

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Anthropic has built an AI model it says is so capable at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities that it refuses to release it to the public. The model, called Mythos Preview, reportedly found thousands of critical security flaws in major operating systems and browsers — including a 27-year-old vulnerability in OpenBSD and a 16-year-old flaw in FFmpeg that automated testing tools had hit five million times without detecting. Anthropic is keeping the model private, sharing it only with a select group of partners under a new initiative called Project Glass Wing. The host of this episode argues that this decision, while framed as responsible, may create the first major knowledge divide in the AI era — where elite companies get access to capabilities the rest of humanity cannot use.

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1 (00:00) **Introduction: The Mythos Model as a Contagious Virus** - Jordan Wilson frames Anthropic's new Mythos model as a "highly contagious yet highly controllable virus" that is being quarantined due to its dangerous capabilities.
2 (01:18) **The Emerging Knowledge Divide** - For the first time in the AI era, a gap may form between elite companies with access to Mythos and the rest of humanity.
3 (02:02) **The Core Claim: A Coding Breakthrough as a Cyber Weapon** - Anthropic built a model so capable at coding that it found thousands of critical vulnerabilities in major operating systems and browsers.
4 (03:09) **Host Introduction and Episode Stakes** - Jordan Wilson sets the stage for a 20-minute deep dive into why this coding breakthrough may be the most powerful cyber weapon ever seen.
5 (03:50) **What Mythos Is and Why It Matters** - Anthropic describes Mythos as a general-purpose model far more powerful than anything public, with hacking ability as a byproduct of its coding skill.
6 (04:46) **Reading the Official Announcement** - Jordan reads directly from Anthropic's blog post about Project Glass Wing and the Mythos Preview model.
7 (07:21) **The Terrifying Findings: 27-Year-Old Vulnerabilities** - Mythos found a 27-year-old vulnerability in OpenBSD and a 16-year-old flaw in FFmpeg that automated tools missed millions of times.

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Show Notes

Is Mythos so good .... it's bad? 😳

According to Anthropic, yes, it is.

If you missed this one, Anthropic has created a model that has such great cyber capabilities, that it's a legit weapon waiting to destroy and the world isn't ready.

So mostly no one will get it.

So Anthropic is doing the good, responsible thing here, right?

Or, is this a more calculated move to paint Anthropic as the hero, right as it recovers from a generationally bad data leak and right before a potential IPO?

Join us as we discuss.

Why Anthropic’s New Mythos Model is Terrifying and How it May Change How Business Gets Done -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson

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Topics Covered in This Episode:

Anthropic Mythos Preview Model Security Threat
Mythos AI Model Withholding and Knowledge Divide
Project Glasswing Tech Partners and Access List
Mythos Coding Capabilities and Security Vulnerabilities
Potential Cybersecurity, Biohazard, and Warfare Risks
Model Distillation, Leaks, and Geopolitical Implications
Business Advantage and Enterprise Knowledge Gap
AI Democratization Decline and Security Vigilance

Timestamps:

00:00 Anthropic's secretive AI model

04:45 Announcing Project Glassway initiative

09:26 AI uncovering cybersecurity vulnerabilities

12:06 Discussing AGI vs ASI advancements

16:09 Potential benefits and risks of AI

18:14 Understanding cyber threats

23:15 AI and cyber in warfare

26:19 OpenAI's competitive challenges

29:58 AI and digital security risks

31:32 Double down on AI training

Keywords:

Anthropic Mythos, Mythos AI model, Mythos prev