Bank of America had to hire 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws spotted by Anthropic Mythos


Bank of America, one of the largest financial institutions in the United States, was forced to hire a thousand people on contractor roles, and spend north of a $100 million dollars to fix all of the bugs found by the famed Mythos, Anthropic’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model.

When Anthropic first unveiled Mythos in April 2026, it described it as a tool with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that can autonomously discover and exploit previously unknown software vulnerabilities.

However, the tool was so capable (and dangerous) that Anthropic locked it down, giving access to a handful of vetted organizations: the US government, critical infrastructure organizations, banks, and some cybersecurity firms, to name a few.

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Source:  Tech Radar News


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