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(Bloomberg) — The European Union has made little progress in talks with Anthropic PBC to get its banks and companies tested for digital vulnerabilities that the new Mythos AI model uncovers, Spain’s economy minister said.
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“Unfortunately, there has been limited progress in this area and we will raise the issue again at today’s meeting,” Carlos Cuerpo said Friday ahead of a meeting of EU finance chiefs in Nicosia. “It is undoubtedly one of the most important elements not only in the medium and long term, but also in the short term.”
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Cuerpo’s comments come several weeks after EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the bloc was discussing the issue with Anthropic.
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Mythos, an artificial intelligence tool that can identify unknown flaws in IT systems, has triggered anxiety across Europe as Anthropic restricts access to the technology. Officials say they need more information to prepare Europe’s financial system for cyberattacks if malicious actors repurpose Mythos-discovered vulnerabilities.
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“Financial stability is global,” Cuerpo said. “The impact that a disruptive model such as Mythos, or others that will follow, may have on banks in the UK, Canada and Europe can also spread to the US through an interconnected system.”
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The EU’s push for more details on how Mythos operates comes after Anthropic began working with US companies to identify potential risks.
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“This is not something that affects only one country,” Cuerpo said. European authorities, the Group of 20 countries and the Financial Stability Board should also be involved, he said.
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—With assistance from Alessandra Migliaccio, Kamil Kowalcze and Jana Randow.
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