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NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

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Re: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

#11
The only relevant except: "The San Francisco-based company had installed about half a dozen staff within the NSA as so-called forward-deployed engineers to guide the use of the technology and customise models for specific applications, two people familiar with the arrangement said.

It remains unclear whether Anthropic’s engineers are assisting the NSA in active operations. However, one person close to the situation said Mythos would be useful for infiltrating the networks of nations such as China or Iran.

“The best way to build a good defence is to build a good attack,” said a person close to Anthropic, who argued that adversaries are probably building their own AI-driven offensive technology. “If [Mythos] is not used to build attack agents, adversaries will find a way to do it.”"

Re: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

#13
I am all about NSA using this stuff as "Defense" but my main concern is their long track record of unconstitutional warrantless, or abuse of shadow courts, to surveil the people they're supposed to be protecting, and for nefarious purposes like spying on ex girlfriends [1]

[1] - https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/nsa-staff-used-spy-...

Re: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

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The FT article has a lack of evidence of an actual operation. It claims Mythos is being used for "offensive cyber operations" in the first paragraph, but doesn't give a source supporting this claim. The lone piece of evidence given says Mythos "would be useful for" infiltrating China or Iran, which is a hypothetical, not evidence of an actual operation.

None of that means the NSA isn't doing offensive work, my issue is that FT claims Mythos is involved in active foreign attacks based on a single anonymous source saying it "would be useful."

Re: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

#16

I am all about NSA using this stuff as "Defense" but my main concern is their long track record of unconstitutional warrantless, or abuse of shadow courts, to surveil the people they're supposed to be protecting, and for nefarious purposes like spying on ex girlfriends [1] [1] - https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/nsa-staff-used-spy-...

dont worry, theyll also outspurce to capitalists to ensure all the paychopaths get a taste

Re: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos for cyber attacks

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I am all about NSA using this stuff as "Defense" but my main concern is their long track record of unconstitutional warrantless, or abuse of shadow courts, to surveil the people they're supposed to be protecting, and for nefarious purposes like spying on ex girlfriends [1] [1] - https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/nsa-staff-used-spy-...

dont worry, theyll also outspurce to capitalists to ensure all the paychopaths get a taste

You just typo’d the words “outspurce” and “paychopaths” into existence =D

Outspurce - to pay someone to do your (software) dirty work

Paychopath - someone who goes against their ethics as soon as the price is right

Two in one post. New record!

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