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Treasury Rushes To Access Anthropic 'Mythos' AI After Warning It Can Hack "Every Major Operating System" The US Treasury Department’s technology team is actively seeking access to Anthropic PBC’s highly restricted Mythos AI model so it can begin hunting for software vulnerabilities, according to a person familiar with the situation cited by Bloomberg.  Illustration via WIRED Treasury Chief Information Officer Sam Corcos briefed the department’s cybersecurity team on the technology last week and has directed efforts to gain access to the model "as soon as this week." The request comes days after Treasury Secretary...

The UK tested a missile with a range of 300 miles, with plans to send the munitions to Ukraine. The platform will allow Ukraine to deliver 500-pound warheads to Moscow.  The missiles tested by the UK military last week were developed under Project Brakestop. The goal of the project is to design a long-range weapon […]

Top military command across multiple branches and commands warned that prolonged large-scale operations were unsustainable.  The Washington Post spoke with multiple officials familiar with a bi-weekly assessment by top military officials on the status of the armed forces. The heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the commanders overseeing operations throughout Europe (EUROCOM), […]