Anthropic trained Mythos for cybersecurity first, says labs braced for 'vulnpocalypse'
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-24
Jeremie Harris says frontier labs have long expected a 'cyber apocalypse' they internally call the 'vulnopocalypse.' Gerard Sans pushes back on the timeline: Anthropic kickstarted cybersecurity-specific training with Mythos and others followed. He argues fear-mongering like the '10% existential risk' talk differs from real, punishable cyber crimes.
Related event: Frontier labs internally expect a "vulnpocalypse" before AI defenses arrive(2 posts)→
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