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British regulators are holding urgent talks with cybersecurity officials and major banks to assess risks from Anthropic's latest AI model. The Bank of England, FCA, and Treasury are examining potential vulnerabilities in critical IT systems. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also called a meeting with Wall Street banks over the model's cyber risks.
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00:02British financial regulators are holding urgent talks with the government's cybersecurity agency
00:06and major banks to assess risks linked to Anthropik's latest AI model, according to Reuters.
00:12Officials from the Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, and Treasury are in discussions
00:16with the National Cybersecurity Center to examine potential vulnerabilities in critical IT systems.
00:21Major banks, insurers, and exchanges are expected to receive briefings on the Claude
00:25Mythos preview model within two weeks.
00:27Reuters reported that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant also called a meeting with Wall
00:31Street banks on the model's cyber risks.
00:33Anthropik said the model, part of Project Glasswing, has identified thousands of vulnerabilities
00:38across software systems.
00:39The company did not respond to Reuters.
00:41The Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, and National Cybersecurity Center declined to
00:46comment, and the U.K. Treasury was unavailable.
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