Anthropic's Powerful AI Model (Claude Mythos) Sparks Emergency Banking Meetings; US Treasury and Federal Reserve warn of systemic cybersecurity risks

National News Today ^ | April 12, 2026 | N/A

[DoodleBob]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with the chief executives of the largest American banks to warn of systemic cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic's latest artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos Preview. The emergency huddle in Washington included leaders from Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Citigroup, focusing on the potential for AI-driven cyberattacks to undermine the global financial system.

WHY IT MATTERS The warnings center on Claude Mythos Preview's ability to identify software vulnerabilities and exploit zero-day flaws, raising concerns that the technology could be used to target banking platforms, potentially forcing them offline or allowing unauthorized actors to tamper with financial data. Government officials expressed alarm over the most severe scenario - the possibility of account balances being digitally wiped or reduced to zero.

THE DETAILS To mitigate the risk of widespread exposure, Anthropic is limiting the distribution of Claude Mythos Preview, intending to offer the model to only a few dozen companies. The urgency of the meeting reflects a shift in concern from individual job displacement to systemic infrastructure failure, as advanced AI systems could potentially bypass existing corporate defenses to destabilize financial institutions.

The emergency meeting took place during the week of April 6, 2026.

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KEYWORDS: ai; aiwarning; anthropoc; claude; skynet

[Faith65]

Thanks
following...

[dennisw]

Looks like Bitcoin exposure too, if yours is held in a Coinbase type of operation.

[Bob434]

I got a sneakin suspicion AI is gonna spark a global crisis of some kind- perhaps a HUGE crisis that has people rushing to clean out stores and supermarkets in a panicked state of mind0-

Hmmm, come ot htink of it, might make a good fiction book- or movie-

[Myrddin]

Hal Turner has an analysis showing that the 20% loss of oil production due to the Strait of Hormuz shutdown is causing the above ground oil storage to be depleted to cover the loss. The projected date when all the above ground oil is depleted is June 15th. Barring any reductions in demand, the price and availability of oil based products will be impacted. That includes delivery of food to grocery stores.

[jroehl]

Could somebody start pointing to somebody who has been completely replaced by an AI system?

Because I can point to many people that have been replaced by the 5 million H1B visa holders.

[The Louiswu]

Make sure you change those passwords regularly!

[Bob434]

Great point.

[dfwgator]

AI will take down the entire Internet at some point.

[redinIllinois]

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[Bob434]

You have a link? Would liks to read about that

[griffin]

please wipe my mortgage to zero.

[dfwgator]

please wipe my mortgage to zero.

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Oh it will do that, the problem is it will also wipe your bank account to zero.

[griffin]

your terms are accetable.

[Myrddin]

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/june-15-all-the-oil-stored-above-ground-will-be-used-up?catid=17&Itemid=101

[sauropod]

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[Bob434]

Thwnk you.