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International Business Machines (IBM) has announced a $5 billion cybersecurity initiative called Project Lightwell, aimed at protecting open-source software from highly advanced AI threats. The company has roped in its subsidiary Red Hat and the project is backed by a global force of more than 20,000 engineers. According to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, the catalyst…
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) recently revealed that it successfully blocked a massive cyberattack where criminals used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover and weaponise a previously unknown software flaw. Google’s message is clear: The era of the ‘AI-powered hacker’ has officially arrived. The discovery effectively confirms the “doomsday” warnings issued just weeks ago by AI…
Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju on Thursday warned banks and financial institutions to strengthen cyber security systems and operational resilience, cautioning that advanced artificial intelligence models such as Anthropic’s “Mythos” could pose serious risks to the banking sector if released publicly, PTI reported.Addressing the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) conference on Risk Management in Mumbai, Nagaraju…
Dario Amodei, CEO of AI giant Anthropic has now issued a stark warning to the US companies, banks, and government agencies. Amodei said that all these institutions only have a narrow window of time to fix tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities uncovered by the company’s latest AI model, Mythos. According to a report by…
Google, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI have entered an agreement to give the US government a “first look” at their most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models before they are released to the public. This comes as officials in Washington are growing increasingly worried that advanced AI tools could be misused for cyberattacks or military purposes,…
The Trump administration, which once promised Silicon Valley it would never slow down artificial intelligence with “foolish rules,” is now drafting legislation that could require tech companies to submit their most powerful AI models for government vetting before public release. The policy reversal, first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by Axios, marks…
Microsoft not only makes some of the most widely used software in the world, but is also among the largest contractors involved with the US government. Now, the US National Security Agency (NSA) is using Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos, to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the software giant’s products.A Bloomberg report cited a US…
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos in a selective manner earlier this month. However, the AI company chose not to release it publicly. The reason was straightforward, even though unsettling: the model had demonstrated a capacity to locate and exploit software vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, including a flaw in OpenBSD that had…
Palo Alto Networks’ CEO Nikesh Arora Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, has pushed back against the panic caused by Anthropic’s Mythos. As artificial intelligence (AI) models like Mythos send shockwaves through the tech world, Arora says that the stock market has become increasingly “paranoid” about the future of software companies. In two different…
File photo: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged banks to strengthen cybersecurity systems and adopt a more proactive approach to tackle emerging threats linked to advanced artificial intelligence models, particularly amid concerns over Anthropic’s “Claude Mythos”.Chairing a high-level meeting with bank chiefs alongside IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Sitharaman directed lenders…
