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US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an emergency meeting with major bank CEOs in Washington to address concerns that Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, could enable advanced cyberattacks on financial institutions. Authorities urged banks to strengthen cybersecurity in response to the AI system's potential risks.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly mentions an AI system (Anthropic's "Mythos") with advanced cyber offensive and defensive capabilities. The US authorities' convening of a summit with major banks to discuss these risks shows recognition of a credible threat that the AI could be used maliciously or cause harm through exploitation of security vulnerabilities. No actual incident of harm is described, but the plausible risk of disruption to critical financial infrastructure (harm category b) is clear. This fits the definition of an AI Hazard, as the AI system's development and potential use could plausibly lead to an AI Incident involving disruption of critical infrastructure. The event is not an AI Incident because no realized harm has occurred yet, nor is it merely complementary information or unrelated news.[AI generated]