Europe Ponders Claude Mythos From Afar

EU AI Regulation May Hold Implications for Powerful New Anthropic Model David Meyer • April 10, 2026

Anthropic jolted the tech and policy worlds this week with it announcement of Claude Mythos Preview, an artificial intelligence model that it's only going to release to tech vendors, so they can use its strong bug-finding and exploiting capabilities on their wares before attackers get the chance.

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This limited-exposure program, called Project Glasswing, so far includes companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Cisco, plus 40 other organizations that "build or maintain critical software infrastructure," Anthropic said, adding that it had also talked to the U.S. government about the model. But Europe's leaders - who recently passed legislation that affect Anthropic's strategy with risky systems such as this - are also taking a keen interest.

"We are currently assessing ...