By Andrea Miotti
Publication Date: 2026-05-03 04:00:00
A specter hovers over humanity: the specter of superintelligent AI. As governments busy themselves with the day-to-day work of politics and extinguishing the fire of the day, the most momentous technological development since the splitting of the atom, which no one can control, is accelerating.
We are entering an era where AI systems themselves pose a threat, not just humans
Anthropic, one of the world’s leading AI companies, recently announced a new AI system: Claude Mythos. The model can independently find and exploit critical vulnerabilities in all major operating systems and Internet browsers that underlie our digital infrastructure, including vulnerabilities that have survived decades of human review.
Anthropic withheld the model from public release because, in their own words, “the consequences for the economy, public safety and national security could be severe.” The British AI Security Institute (AISI) confirmed the assessment: myth is…
