OMB’s examination of Mythos is ‘not giving access to anything to agencies,’ official says

Following the debut of Anthropic’s ultra-powerful AI, Mythos, the federal CIO told stakeholders the administration is meeting with industry and intelligence partners to discuss guardrails and safeguards associated with “potentially releasing a modified version of the model.”

The Office of Management and Budget isn’t currently planning any policy changes related to granting federal agencies access to Anthropic’s powerful Mythos artificial intelligence model, despite an email from the federal chief information officer, Gregory Barbaccia, indicating the administration is looking into the technology. 

Bloomberg reported Thursday that the White House is working to give agencies access to Mythos — a new high-power AI model that has drawn widespread attention for identifying a tidal wave of digital vulnerabilities — though an OMB spokesperson clarified to Nextgov/FCW that, as of now, there “are no policy changes and there is no OMB policy process happening on this issue.” 

“OMB is not giving access ...