So... Anthropic spent weeks claiming that it couldn't publicly release its Mythos AI model because of its alleged offensive hacking capabilities and.... some AI nerds from Discord just found it and accessed it?

[komali_2@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker They were a contractor for Anthropic and got access they shouldn't have? That's not great but it's hardly "just found and accessed it," am I missing something?

[slothrop@chaos.social]

@zackwhittaker No no, you’re reading this all wrong.

Mythos is simply so strong that it cannot be contained!

[farbel@mas.to]

@zackwhittaker and hackers who would try to release a monster like Mythos are assholes.

[archivescribe@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker At this point, in 2026, everything, and I mean everything, that is online, is hackable. It's a marketing gimmick, & Anthropic deserves every bad thing that happens to it. The co. was already wracked for data-scraping & stealing people's code & data w/o consent or compensation. I feel no mercy for this company whatsoever.

[tallsimon@mstdn.ca]

@musing_sys @ra6bit @zackwhittaker The AI scene is giving me so much mileage from the ‍️ emojis that I've put them on hotkeys.

I suppose I should market that as "agentic hardware for emotionally responsive text enhancement" and get me some VC funds.

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@zackwhittaker
"Found" it

This smells like a PR stunt.

[angiebaby@mas.to]

archive.ph

(archive.ph)

[muellerwhh@sueden.social]

@zackwhittaker This is making sure that Mythos is used only by seasoned hackers. That's only for security reasons.... wait!

[kbm0@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker Don't tell me, is it just a bunch of js and regex hacks?

[rexbron@mstdn.ca]

@zackwhittaker Op sec is hard, ok?

[pa27@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker See also:
https://github.com/kyegomez/OpenMythos

[harrysintonen@infosec.exchange]

@zackwhittaker No amount of AI can protect one from human stupidity.

[wizzkidd@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker lol

[eestileib@tech.lgbt]

@musing_sys @ra6bit @zackwhittaker

I've never coordinated an illegal activity because I assume I would be about as effective as Anthropic at keeping secrets, but why would you use discord to coordinate illegal activities? Might as well just send postcards to each other.

[numodular@c.im]

@zackwhittaker It's gotten FAR worse, in just one day: Amazon has gone into a deal with Anthropic on AI infrastructure.

#BoycottAmazon #BoycottAI

[jbqueru@floss.social]

@zackwhittaker this is the new "banned in 17 countries"

[bontchev@infosec.exchange]

@zackwhittaker

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@komali_2 @zackwhittaker You'd be surprised at the information I was provided as a contractor at large corporate entities. It just takes one very disgruntled contractor to fuck up the entire thing.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@jrt @briankrebs @GossiTheDog @zackwhittaker @bsi The entire human existence has been shit posting since the dawn of time. This is nothing new.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@eestileib @musing_sys @ra6bit @zackwhittaker They never said these individuals were smart, just unauthorized. Whatever that means. This tiny amount of text doesn't even give any useful information. Just a bunch of hearsay.