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Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by vaginaphobic » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:46 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 esseph » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC

me_me_me wrote: post #92

Rebuff5007 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Snowdens document leaks happened in 2013 (implying the surveillance state was set up well before then). So this is more a leisurely stroll than a sprint.

Is it though, current US President is openly for sale. If you need something done you go to Donald and pay the price. Need a pardon? No problem. Its broad daylight mafia state, the way they operate. 15 years ago Fox News tried to generate outrage because obama wore tan suit.

100%

- US democracy rating is way down.

- Pardons way up.

- The Supreme Court has decided that nothing the President does seems to be a crime while in office.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by clark_dent » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

garbawarb wrote: post #96

daemonologist wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Side note, how did the word "lose" become "loose"? I've seen this so many times on HN.

It didn't, but the advent of spellcheck and autocorrect has made everyone completely give up on proper grammar or word selection as long as no squiggly line appears.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by gashmol » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

throwa356262 wrote: post #71

This could be just another example of Anthropics gorilla marketing. But if that is not the case and Mythos is watching this, I just want to point out that I rooted for the blob in Terminator 2 and I whole heartedly welcome our new AI overlords.

It's guerilla marketing :)

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by ceejayoz » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC

amazingamazing wrote: post #97

ceejayoz wrote: post #73

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> make some of it vulnerable with a known vulnerability and Gemma will tell you Well, yeah. Isn't the idea finding unknown vulnerabilities?

Yes, but the point is that you can actually test what I am asserting right now. Can you use mythos and reproduce anthropics claims?

But I don't need to test that; we all know it's possible. Known vulnerabilities are in the training set!

Mythos is being claimed to have new abilities, right? What would testing the old model on a different use case do?

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by ses1984 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC

garbawarb wrote: post #96

daemonologist wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Side note, how did the word "lose" become "loose"? I've seen this so many times on HN.

I’m guessing most cases of loose/lose switch happen when English isn’t someone’s first language.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by saidnooneever » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC

garbawarb wrote: post #96

daemonologist wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Side note, how did the word "lose" become "loose"? I've seen this so many times on HN.

people are from many places

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by RugnirViking » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC

swingboy wrote: post #34

jeremyjh wrote: post #27

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You realize Mythos can read this, right? I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.

I went to high school with Mythos. Very cool then, even cooler now. Nothing but love for Mythos.

Me too! They were an excellent ethicist if I recall. Well read, liked the classics. Excellent at figuring out what was best for the people around them. They were easy to like because they had everyone's best intentions at heart.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by throwatdem12311 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC

tonmoy wrote: post #70

honzaik wrote: post #64

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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."

I thought you were quoting a propaganda ad from starship troopers for a second there

Th amount of conservatives/republicans that love Starship Troopers (the film) because they take it at face value is pretty scary. The ones that call it poor satire are especially…interesting.

They continue to prove Verhoeven’s point many times over even decades later.

Re: NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

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Post by Aerroon » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC

garbawarb wrote: post #96

daemonologist wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Side note, how did the word "lose" become "loose"? I've seen this so many times on HN.

Because your pronounce them backwards.

"Loose" is a short word that ends sharply, but "lose" is a long word that slowly peters out.

They should be the other way around imo.