{"id":2404,"date":"2026-04-10T13:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/2404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:33:18","slug":"powell-bessent-met-with-u-s-bank-ceos-over-anthropics-mythos-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/2404\/","title":{"rendered":"Powell, Bessent met with U.S. Bank CEOs over Anthropic&#8217;s Mythos threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary (L), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Federal Reserve Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/jay-powell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerome Powell<\/a> and Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/16\/bessent-says-treasury-is-not-intervening-in-oil-commodities-markets-and-has-no-authority-to-do-so.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Bessent<\/a> met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/08\/anthropic-pentagon-court-ruling-supply-chain-risk.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropic<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/07\/anthropic-claude-mythos-ai-hackers-cyberattacks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mythos<\/a> model, CNBC confirmed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting when a special gathering was called on  Tuesday to discuss Mythos, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to share information about a confidential matter.<\/p>\n<p>The CEOs had a dinner early in the week when they got the call to meet at the Treasury Department, one of the people said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/JPM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JPMorgan&#8217;<\/a>s Jamie Dimon was the only major banking CEO who could not attend the meeting, they added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/BAC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bank of America<\/a>&#8216;s Brian Moynihan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/C\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Citigroup<\/a>&#8216;s Jane Fraser, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/GS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Goldman Sachs<\/a> CEO David Solomon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Stanley<\/a>&#8216;s Ted Pick, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/WFC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wells Fargo<\/a> CEO Charlie Scharf were all in attendance, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-10\/anthropic-model-scare-sparks-urgent-bessent-powell-warning-to-bank-ceos?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/397bf755-54cf-4018-a01d-8f714d8667c5?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a> were first to report the special meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Reserve declined to comment to CNBC. The Treasury Department and Anthropic did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out the new artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos Preview, in a limited capacity due to concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>Banking giant JPMorgan Chase was among the initial launch partners for the cybersecurity initiative, known as Project Glasswing. Other partners include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AAPL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/GOOGL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MSFT\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>An Anthropic official told CNBC Tuesday that it&#8217;s been in &#8220;ongoing discussions&#8221; with the U.S. government, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, about Claude Mythos Preview&#8217;s cyber capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, cyber stocks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/27\/anthropic-cybersecurity-stocks-ai-mythos.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slumped<\/a> after Fortune discovered a draft blog post from Anthropic, which revealed the model&#8217;s advanced cyber capabilities and possible risks. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dangers of getting this wrong are obvious, but if we get it right, there is a real opportunity to create a fundamentally more secure internet and world than we had before the advent of AI-powered cyber capabilities,&#8221; CEO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarioAmodei\/status\/2041580334693720511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dario Amodei<\/a>\u00a0wrote in a post to X, accompanying Glasswing&#8217;s rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers have used Anthropic&#8217;s models in the past to orchestrate AI-fueled attacks. <\/p>\n<p>In November, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2025\/11\/13\/mac.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disclosed<\/a> that a Chinese group used Claude to automate a hack on government and corporate targets.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic is currently fighting the Department of Defense over its recent labeling of the AI lab as a supply chain risk to national security. This week, a federal appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/08\/anthropic-pentagon-court-ruling-supply-chain-risk.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">denied the company&#8217;s request<\/a> to temporarily block the blacklisting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/108288745-17756640381775664035-45120969616-1080pnbcnews.jpg\" alt=\"Anthropic limits rollout on new cybersecurity model\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary (L), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. 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