Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.

The DoD CTO told CNBC's Becky Quick on Friday that, as far as his department is concerned, Anthropic is still a supply chain risk that it doesn't want in its systems. He didn't appear to believe things were any different with regard to Anthropic elsewhere in the federal government, but confirmed recent reports that some agencies have accessed Mythos for evaluation purposes rather than operational deployment. 

"The Mythos issue … is a separate national security moment," Michael said. "We have to make sure our networks are hardened up because that model has capabilities that are particular to finding cyber vulnerabilities and patching them."

Rumors that the administration's stance toward Anthropic, following an acceptable use ...