What does this all mean about Anthropic’s undoubtedly powerful Mythos?
The model’s capacities were not “substantiated,” said Dr Heidy Khlaaf, the chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute. “Releasing a marketing post with purposely vague language that obscures evidence … brings into question if they are trying to garner further investment without scrutiny.”
“Mythos is a strategic announcement to show that they’re open for business,” said Khlaaf, saying Anthropic’s release limitation prevented independent experts from evaluating the company’s claims.
She suggested we may be “seeing the very same bait and switch playbook that was used by OpenAI, where safety is a PR tool to gain public trust before profits are prioritised” and: “Anthropic publicity has managed to better obscure this switch than its rivals.”
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