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Anthropic embeds six engineers at the NSA to deploy its Mythos AI system for offensive cyber operations

The Financial Times first reported the specialized defense partnership.

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Demetri@AsiaLens

SCOOP #NSA is using #Mythos to conduct offensive cyber operations. Anthropic engineers are embedded in the US intelligence agency.

(@CristinaCriddle & me @AsiaLens)

https://www.ft.com/content/d02d91b3-2636-454e-9442-dc7e69f51815

11:57 AM · Jun 4, 2026 · 175.1K Views
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Many users criticized Anthropic's collaboration with the NSA to deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations as hypocritical virtue signaling that undermines their AI safety and ethics claims.

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Dean W. Ball@deanwball

SuPpLy ChAiN rIsK

Demetri@AsiaLens

SCOOP #NSA is using #Mythos to conduct offensive cyber operations. Anthropic engineers are embedded in the US intelligence agency.

(@CristinaCriddle & me @AsiaLens)

https://www.ft.com/content/d02d91b3-2636-454e-9442-dc7e69f51815

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Cristina Criddle@CristinaCriddle

scoop: Anthropic has installed forward deployed engineers in the US National Security Agency to help deploy Claude Mythos for cyber offensive operations w/ @AsiaLens

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Lisan al Gaib@scaling01

So autonomous weapons aren't okay but offensive cyberwarfare for the NSA is?

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Kylie Robison@kyliebytes

🫪 waow

Techmeme@Techmeme

Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations (Financial Times)

(Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

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Lisan al Gaib@scaling01

Financial Times: "one person close to the situation said Mythos would be useful for infiltrating the networks of nations such as China or Iran"

Lisan al Gaib@scaling01

So autonomous weapons aren't okay but offensive cyberwarfare for the NSA is?

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Matthew Berman@MatthewBerman

okie dokie

Techmeme@Techmeme

Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations (Financial Times)

(Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

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Dean W. Ball@deanwball

If I were anthropic the above tweet/qt pair would constitute the entirety of my defense in court

Dean W. Ball@deanwball

SuPpLy ChAiN rIsK

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Cristina Criddle@CristinaCriddle

https://www.ft.com/content/d02d91b3-2636-454e-9442-dc7e69f51815?shareType=nongift

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prinz@deredleritt3r

@scaling01 Yes, seems fine.

Remember that Anthropic's objection to autonomous AI weapons was that the current models aren't good enough for this use case.

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Lisan al Gaib@scaling01

https://www.ft.com/content/d02d91b3-2636-454e-9442-dc7e69f51815

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Nick Dobos@NickADobos

Anthropic is conducting “offensive cyber operations” with the NSA

Alignment huh?

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goosewin@Goosewin

@Techmeme claude went from "i can't help with that" to nsa contractor real quick

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@CristinaCriddle @AsiaLens Mythos and other "cyber-capable" models need to be secure themselves! https://github.com/OraclesTech/guardian-sdk

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@David_Kasten "What's your source?"

"The existence of the NSA."

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