Bessent Calls Anthropic’s Mythos a Breakthrough in China AI Race

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed Anthropic PBC’s Mythos as a revolutionary step that will keep America ahead of China in AI, endorsing an industry leader that’s clashed with Washington over its role in military endeavors.

Bessent, speaking Tuesday at a Wall Street Journal event in Washington, dismissed a question suggesting China was rapidly catching up in AI technology, though he said American artificial intelligence stood just three to six months ahead. He singled out Mythos — a model Anthropic says is highly adept at finding vulnerabilities in software and computer systems that’s being released to a very limited number of carefully-chosen parties.