China may have acquired the Mythos

According to a new report from Street lightsa White House decision to force export restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos was driven in part by the fear that it had been approached by a group connected to China. If the Chinese government had access to Mythos 5 or Fable 5, it would pose a national security threat. The government may also try to replace these types of engineers distillationa process in which a “learner” AI is trained on a high-level model so that it can replicate its behavior.

The White House has not confirmed this report, nor the note on X and Trump’s advisor David Sacks he did not mention China. Instead, Masaka focused on the popular art of Fable and Mythos being jailbrokensomething that Anthropic has rejected. Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment, although a spokeswoman did Street lights that the government did not bring China to its negotiations regarding the management of foreign goods.

If Mythos was approached by the Chinese government, it wouldn’t be the first embarrassing breaking the most powerful Anthropic model. The company has said that Mythos is dangerous and powerful for people to use, but the Discord community he says he was lucky for two weeks before Anthropic came out to breach and cut off access.