Cisco CEO Robbins Ties AI Push to Unpatchable Tech Risk

Chuck Robbins Warns Customers Face Growing Exposure From Equipment Past Support Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) , Tiffany Wang • May 13, 2026

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview is driving security modernization and operational efficiency as the company embeds the technology into internal operations.

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Mythos is helping the networking giant test its own code and accelerate patches while incentivizing the company and its customers to upgrade technology and infrastructure that have become unpatchable, Robbins said. Cisco has taken in $5.3 billion in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers over the past three quarters and now expects $9 billion for the full fiscal year, nearly double its previous forecast.

"There’s a lot of concern about unpatched technology and their infrastructure, not just ours," Robbins told investors in an earnings call Wednesday. "And there’s a particular focus on last-day-of-support equipment or ...