aiqbench analysis
Despite a federal ban classifying Anthropic as a supply chain risk, the NSA is reportedly deploying engineers to integrate the Mythos model into its cyber operations, highlighting a significant gap between regulatory restrictions and actual intelligence utilization. This development underscores the tension between government security needs and corporate risk assessments regarding frontier AI models in sensitive domains. The situation suggests that operational requirements may be driving the adoption of restricted technologies even when official policies prohibit them.
NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations

The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic's Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker.
Anthropic has deployed around half-a-dozen engineers to the National Security Agency to help its spies use the company’s frontier cybersecurity AI…
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