Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check

2026-04-16 · 25 min · 13 entities

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Link in episode "Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html
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Link in episode "Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check": https://aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-claude-mythos-previews-cyber-capabilities

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Link in episode "Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html

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Link in episode "Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check": https://aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-claude-mythos-previews-cyber-capabilities

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Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Today's episode on YouTube: youtube.com/calnewportmedia 0:00 What’s Really Going on with Mythos? 10:09 Security systems 21:27 Conclusion Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsycWRQrc8 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08144 https://x.com/clementdelangue/status/2041953761069793557?s=61 https://x.com/stanislavfort/status/2041922370206654879 https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-claude-mythos-previews-cyber-capabilities Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices