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April 11, 2026
Treasury Urgently Summons Bank CEOs Over AI Hacking Model
Published: April 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Updated: April 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
100-word summary
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell called an urgent meeting with the CEOs of five major banks on April 7 to discuss cyber risks from Anthropic's Claude Mythos, an AI model capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in major operating systems and browsers. The short-notice gathering at Treasury included Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs. Mythos access is currently restricted to defensive use through Project Glasswing, a coalition effort with tech and financial firms to harden critical infrastructure. The meeting signals Washington now views offensive-capable AI models as a systemic threat to financial stability, not just a security curiosity.
What happened
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell called an urgent meeting with the CEOs of five major banks on April 7 to discuss cyber risks from Anthropic's Claude Mythos, an AI model capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in major operating systems and browsers. The short-notice gathering at Treasury included Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs. Mythos access is currently restricted to defensive use through Project Glasswing, a coalition effort with tech and financial firms to harden critical infrastructure.
Why it matters
The meeting signals Washington now views offensive-capable AI models as a systemic threat to financial stability, not just a security curiosity.