- Anthropic says Mythos is too dangerous for general release — the AI model can find vulnerabilities in every major OS and browser, surpassing most human experts - Analysts say telcos should focus on security fundamentals, not the hype - And at least one analyst scoffs at Anthropic's claims Tuesday was a good day to be afraid that the world was coming to an end. President Donald Trump was threatening to rain destruction on Iran, making World War III seem likely. And Anthropic announced Mythos, security software it claimed was so powerful and dangerous that it would release the tool to only a few select partners. I was not afraid. The world has been on the verge of World War III my whole life. And Tuesday night is trash night for us, so if the world ended then, at least I wouldn't have to take out the trash. As for Mythos — maybe it is as dangerous as Anthropic claims. Or maybe it's an example of what Lee Vinsel, associate professor of science, technology and society at Virginia Tech, called "criti-hype." What is criti-hype — and why does it matter for AI? Credit goes to my friend Cory Doctorow for introducing me to criti-hype, a word and concept he uses often in his writing, though it's not as well-known as the word and concept he himself coined. Criti-hype is the other side of hype. Where hype makes glorious promises for the benefits of technology, criti-hype warns the technology is an existential threat. Hype and criti-hype serve the same goal: Give the people delivering the message money, and plenty of it, to either deliver on the promise or protect you from the threat. And if a new technology is powerful enough to pose a catastrophic danger, gosh, wouldn't it be great