Anthropic is investigating after a small group of unauthorized users accessed the Mythos model, which the company withheld from public release because of its ability to enable cyberattacks, Bloomberg reported. The Financial Times confirmed the breach and reported that Anthropic had limited the model's distribution over its hacking capabilities. Anthropic said the unauthorized access came through one of its third-party vendor environments; Bloomberg reported the group gained entry in part via access held by an employee of a contractor working with Anthropic. Anthropic has not disclosed the scope of the breach or whether any exploits resulted from the unauthorized access.
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President Trump told reporters that the administration had "some very good talks" with Anthropic at the White House last week and described a potential Department of Defense deal as "possible," CNBC reported. Anthropic has been locked out of defense contracts since the Pentagon designated it a supply-chain risk after the company refused to grant unrestricted military access to its AI models. Anthropic retained Trump-linked lobbying firm Ballard Partners to push for removal of the designation, as reported by Bloomberg in AIPD's April 14th edition. Trump did not disclose the specific terms under discussion.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a criminal investigation into whether ChatGPT and OpenAI bear responsibility for a mass shooting at Florida State University, the Associated Press reported. State prosecutors conducted an initial review of the shooter's chat logs, which Uthmeier said showed ChatGPT offered "significant advice" on weapons, ammunition, timing, and location. The AG's office has subpoenaed OpenAI for its policies and internal training materials on user threats of harm, its procedures for cooperating with and reporting to law enforcement dating back to March 2024, an organizational chart of senior leadership, and a list of employees working on ChatGPT. No state has previously pursued criminal charges against an AI company over a user's violent actions.
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Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh told the Senate Banking Committee that the Federal Reserve should be "forward-looking, reform-oriented" on the cybersecurity risks posed by AI models like Anthropic's Mythos, FedScoop reported. The statement came during Warsh's confirmation hearing for the Fed chairmanship. Wall Street's five largest banks are already testing Mythos at the urging of Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell. Warsh's confirmation vote has not yet been scheduled.
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The Trump administration submitted a $1.5 trillion defense budget request to Congress that names AI, autonomous drones, and the Golden Dome missile defense system as funded priorities, The Hill reported. The request designates $750 billion for administration priorities including AI integration and defense modernization. Pentagon officials briefed Congress on Golden Dome's AI-integrated architecture on April 17, as noted in AIPD's April 17th edition; the budget request now attaches dollar figures to those briefings. The $1.5 trillion total is the largest defense budget request submitted to Congress.
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Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will meet the country's largest banks this week to discuss the cybersecurity threat posed by Anthropic's Mythos model, Bloomberg reported. Japan joins the U.S., UK, Singapore, and Germany in convening government-bank discussions about Mythos. The Bundesbank called for equal access for European banks.
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