The next phase of AI cybersecurity still needs humans
The article discusses the capabilities and limitations of new AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI in the field of cybersecurity. It highlights that while these models can find significantly more vulnerabilities than traditional methods, they still require human expertise to validate findings and reduce false positives.
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Read the original article: https://axios.com/2026/05/14/mythos-cyberscurity-human-ai-models
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Anthropic unveiled Mythos Preview to the world”
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Multiple independent news sources (CNBC, Flipboard, RT News) confirm that Anthropic released the Claude Mythos Preview model.
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— rival Anthropic captivated investors and government officials with Claude Mythos Preview
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/openai-rolls-out-new-gpt-5po…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/openai-rolls-out-new-gpt-5po…
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— In early April, Anthropic sent shudders through the tech community with Claude’s Mythos Preview model.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/anthropic-s-most-powerful-a…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/anthropic-s-most-powerful-a…
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— In early April, Anthropic sent shudders through the tech community with Claude’s Mythos Preview model.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/anthropic-s-most-powerful-a…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/anthropic-s-most-powerful-a…
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“Mythos Preview... found tens of thousands of bugs spanning nearly every operating system.”
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While the existence of Mythos is corroborated, the specific claim about finding 'tens of thousands of bugs' is not explicitly confirmed in the provided web search results, though SecurityWeek mentions Anthropic claimed it identified 'thousands of zero-days'.
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— In November, Nvidia and Microsoft were expected to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, and Anthropic said it would buy $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft Azure running on Nvidia AI sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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— Feb 4, 2026 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
https://www.anthropic.com/
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— Claude is Anthropic's AI, built for problem solvers. Tackle complex challenges, analyze data, write code, and think through your hardest work.
https://claude.com/product/overview
https://claude.com/product/overview
“OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber is just as powerful as Mythos at finding bugs and writing exploits.”
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Web results confirm the existence of GPT-5.5, but there is no specific evidence in the provided results comparing 'GPT-5.5-Cyber' capabilities to Mythos regarding bug finding and exploit writing.
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— Chat with the most advanced AI to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster.
https://chatgpt.com/
https://chatgpt.com/
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— OpenAI Group PBC, doing business as OpenAI, is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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— We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.
https://openai.com/
https://openai.com/
“Palo Alto Networks told Axios it found 75 bugs using both the Anthropic and OpenAI models, vs. the 5-10 bugs it usually discovers each month.”
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Search results mention Palo Alto Networks using both OpenAI and Anthropic stacks in parallel, but do not provide the specific numbers (75 bugs vs 5-10) mentioned in the claim.
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— Palo Alto Networks: Cloud Security Leader in First-Ever CNAPP Report.FrostRadar™ names Palo Alto Networks a CNAPP Leader. Overall leader : 2024 Leadership Compass: Security Orchestration, Automation a…
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
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— Three of OpenAI’s launch partners for Daybreak are already inside Anthropic’s Glasswing consortium. Cisco, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks are running both stacks in parallel rather than picking a…
https://thenewstack.io/openai-daybreak-anthropic-glasswing/
https://thenewstack.io/openai-daybreak-anthropic-glasswing/
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“Microsoft said Tuesday its new agentic security system... found 16 new vulnerabilities in the Windows networking and authentication stack.”
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Multiple sources (Cyber Ivy and other web search results) confirm that Microsoft's agentic security system (MDASH) found 16 new vulnerabilities in the Windows networking and authentication stack.
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— Microsoft responded to growing competition in AI security by announcing that its new agentic security system helped researchers discover 16 new vulnerabilities in the Windows networking and authentica…
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/13/microsoft-mdash-a…
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/13/microsoft-mdash-a…
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— Microsoft says an agentic multi-model system found 16 Windows security flaws, including four critical remote-code-execution bugs. It signals faster defense and more patch pressure.
https://cyber-ivy.com/en/articles/microsoft-mdash-ai-windows…
https://cyber-ivy.com/en/articles/microsoft-mdash-ai-windows…
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— Codename: MDASH—Microsoft Security’s new multi-model agentic scanning harness. Codename MDASH is, at its core, an agentic vulnerability discovery and remediation system. The model is one input. The sy…
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/12/def…
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/12/def…
“Cisco this week released "Foundry Security Spec," an open-source blueprint for how organizations should think about using advanced AI models.”
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Search results confirm Cisco's general AI activity and financial reports, but there is no mention of a 'Foundry Security Spec' open-source blueprint.
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— Cisco Systems, Inc., doing business as Cisco, is an American multinational technology conglomerate corporation that develops, manufactures, and sells hardware, software, telecommunications equipment a…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco
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— Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations.
https://www.cisco.com/
https://www.cisco.com/
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— 16 hours ago · Cisco's AI story has finally started resonating with Wall Street, with the stock hitting a record late last year and continuing to rally in 2026.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/cisco-csco-q3-earnings-repor…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/cisco-csco-q3-earnings-repor…
“XBOW... said Mythos is "extremely powerful for source code audits" in a blog post Tuesday”
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Search results confirm XBOW is an autonomous offensive security platform, but no specific blog post quote stating Mythos is 'extremely powerful for source code audits' was found in the provided evidence.
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— Daniel Stenberg, the lead developer of curl, revealed in a blog post on Monday that he was recently given the opportunity to test the Claude Mythos frontier AI model, which Anthropic claimed had ident…
https://www.securityweek.com/claude-mythos-finds-only-one-cu…
https://www.securityweek.com/claude-mythos-finds-only-one-cu…
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— We also see a high volume of high quality security reports flooding in: security researchers now use AI extensively and effectively. Security is a top priority for us in the curl project. We follow ev…
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-v…
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-v…
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— Stenberg explained in a Monday blog post that he was promised access to Anthropic’s Mythos model - sort of - through the AI biz’s Project Glasswing program.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-b…
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-b…
“XBOW found that Mythos was "good, but less powerful, at validating exploits"”
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No evidence in the provided search results contains XBOW's specific evaluation of Mythos's ability to validate exploits.
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— May 6, 2026 · XBOW, the cybersecurity startup founded by GitHub Copilot creator Oege de Moor, added $35M from NVIDIA, Samsung, SentinelOne, and others, bringing its Series C to $155M.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/xbow-the-unicorn-with-a-seattl…
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/xbow-the-unicorn-with-a-seattl…
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— Mar 18, 2026 · Autonomous offensive security company XBOW on Wednesday announced raising $120 million in a Series C funding round to scale its AI-powered platform that autonomously discovers and valid…
https://www.securityweek.com/autonomous-offensive-security-f…
https://www.securityweek.com/autonomous-offensive-security-f…
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— XBOW turns penetration testing into a machine-scale offensive security system. The XBOW platform executes targeted attacks autonomously, allowing teams to explore deeper attack paths than traditional …
https://xbow.com/
https://xbow.com/
“Palo Alto Networks... saw a false positive rate of about 30% across its products”
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While GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 are mentioned in comparison articles, there is no mention of a 30% false positive rate reported by Palo Alto Networks.
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— Как DeepSeek V4, GPT-5.5 и утечка Claude Mythos переопределили экономику AI на ближайший квартал.Для сравнения, Claude Opus 4.7 стоит $5 / $25 за миллион. Разница с Flash на типовой задаче (15 тысяч т…
https://vc.ru/ai/2884109-tri-udara-po-ai-deepseek-v4-gpt-55-…
https://vc.ru/ai/2884109-tri-udara-po-ai-deepseek-v4-gpt-55-…
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— GPT‑5.5 delivers this step up in intelligence without compromising on speed: larger, more capable models are often slower to serve, but GPT‑5.5 matches GPT‑5.4 per-token latency in real-world serving,…
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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— Сравниваем GPT-5.5 и Claude Opus 4.7 по коду, агентным задачам, ценам, безопасности, длинному контексту и реальной пользе для команд.
https://www.securitylab.ru/analytics/571982.php
https://www.securitylab.ru/analytics/571982.php
“Daniel Stenberg, the lead developer for open-source project Curl, said Monday that Mythos found one low-severity bug in its code alongside several false positives”
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SecurityWeek and Daniel Stenberg's own blog confirm that the Mythos model found one vulnerability in curl alongside several false positives.
“Mythos is already improving on its own, according to research published Wednesday by the U.K. AI Security Institute.”
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