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Anthropic is in talks with the Trump administration over its frontier AI model Mythos after the Pentagon labeled the company a supply-chain risk over guardrails on military use. Co-founder Jack Clark confirmed the dispute is narrow and said discussions are ongoing. Mythos, announced April 7th, is Anthropic's most capable model for coding and agentic tasks. A federal appeals court declined to block the Pentagon's blacklisting.
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00:03Anthropik said it is discussing its frontier AI model mythos with the Trump administration
00:07after the Pentagon barred the company over a contract dispute
00:11tied to guardrails on military use of its tools, according to Reuters.
00:15The Pentagon labeled Anthropik a supply chain risk last month
00:18and blocked its use by the agency and contractors.
00:22Co-founder Jack Clark said the dispute is narrow
00:24and confirmed ongoing talks with the government about mythos and future models.
00:30The company announced Mythos on April 7th
00:32and said it is its most capable model for coding and agentic tasks.
00:36Experts said its coding abilities could identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities
00:40and develop exploits.
00:42A federal appeals court declined to block the Pentagon's blacklisting.
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