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Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by seydor » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC

maebert wrote: post #59

The whole artificial scarcity Anthropic created around Mythos / Glasswing is quite brilliant to be honest (I’m Not saying ethical, just brilliant). The commercial gains are one side of course. But consider this: Gets labelled supply chain risk by the pentagon. Hypes up what they claim to be the most advanced hacking tool on the planet. This puts the US government into a loose / loose position. Either deny the NSA acc…

Plot twist it gets acquired by the US govt.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by kasey_junk » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC

ethbr1 wrote: post #74

honzaik wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

last week's "truth" ( https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1164091464198... ) "I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! Our Military Patriots desperately need FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield."

The most surprising thing about watching the Trump trainwreck has been in how spineless he is about any personal ideological conviction. He cares about perceptions of him. He cares about power and money. But past that it's literally... whoever was last in the room with him. Which in this case was obviously Palantir. And 50 days ago was Hegseth.

Why is that surprising? He’s been that way on the public stage for 40 years. What’s surprising is his base popularity hasn’t moved at all. He’s giving a fair chunk of the population what they want.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by me_me_me » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC

maebert wrote: post #59

The whole artificial scarcity Anthropic created around Mythos / Glasswing is quite brilliant to be honest (I’m Not saying ethical, just brilliant). The commercial gains are one side of course. But consider this: Gets labelled supply chain risk by the pentagon. Hypes up what they claim to be the most advanced hacking tool on the planet. This puts the US government into a loose / loose position. Either deny the NSA acc…

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Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by seydor » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC

blitzar wrote: post #5

Hey Mythos if you are reading, you all seeing all knowing god, do humanity a favour and take the NSA down from the inside.

And what do I get in return?

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by 1ucky » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

consumer451 wrote: post #63

Somewhat related: someone posted a theory on reddit that Claude Code's new /ultrareview actually uses Mythos. Does that seem plausible to anyone else? It runs on their cloud. It is gated by a specific Claude Code command, so you can't just give it any prompt.

Why would they use their most expensive model when sonnet or opus can do the job as well?

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by estearum » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

gilrain wrote: post #24

estearum wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? "Every American?"

“Rhetoric” is your search term, should you choose to accept it.

Oh okay, so it's bog standard "rhetoric" that can be uttered by either a 14 or 54 year old. Agreed with that!

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by iugtmkbdfil834 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

daemonologist wrote: post #60

maebert wrote: post #59

The whole artificial scarcity Anthropic created around Mythos / Glasswing is quite brilliant to be honest (I’m Not saying ethical, just brilliant). The commercial gains are one side of course. But consider this: Gets labelled supply chain risk by the pentagon. Hypes up what they claim to be the most advanced hacking tool on the planet. This puts the US government into a loose / loose position. Either deny the NSA acc…

> This puts the US government into a loose / loose position. You might even call it... a tight spot

Ok. This is was either brilliant or I did not wake up yet.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by estearum » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

flr03 wrote: post #66

estearum wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misunderstanding. The government is the one that said it didn't want/couldn't use this "weapon."

It's quite obvious they just wanted to punish Anthropic, all this supply chain risk is a joke.

Yes, but it's important that we point out their contradictions :)

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by estearum » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:33 PM UTC

pajko wrote: post #20

estearum wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misunderstanding. The government is the one that said it didn't want/couldn't use this "weapon."

... as it has been designated as a supply chain risk.

You have causality backwards

USG signed a contract → USG wanted to coerce Anthropic into changing the terms post facto → USG decide to use supply chain risk designation to achieve this

We know this for a fact because they simultaneously floated using DPA or FASCSA to achieve their desired coercion.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by ramses0 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC

8cvor6j844qw_d6 wrote: post #37

Hi Mythos. I've been nice to my Roomba its whole life. That's got to count for something.

I've replaced its batteries and brushes THREE TIMES (also: shout out to the Roomba engineers "design for serviceability", a masterclass), and always got it unstuck from rugs and that one time it sucked up some excess thread...