{"id":46738,"date":"2026-04-10T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46738"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:08:33","slug":"powell-bessent-met-with-u-s-bank-ceos-over-anthropics-mythos-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46738","title":{"rendered":"Powell, Bessent met with U.S. Bank CEOs over Anthropic&#8217;s Mythos threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108289742\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary (L), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Federal Reserve Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/jay-powell\/\">Jerome Powell<\/a> and Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/16\/bessent-says-treasury-is-not-intervening-in-oil-commodities-markets-and-has-no-authority-to-do-so.html\">Scott Bessent<\/a> met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/08\/anthropic-pentagon-court-ruling-supply-chain-risk.html\">Anthropic<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/07\/anthropic-claude-mythos-ai-hackers-cyberattacks.html\">Mythos<\/a> model, CNBC confirmed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting when a special gathering was called on  Tuesday to discuss Mythos, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to share information about a confidential matter.<\/p>\n<p>The CEOs had a dinner early in the week when they got the call to meet at the Treasury Department, one of the people said. <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/JPM\/\">JPMorgan&#8217;<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>s Jamie Dimon was the only major banking CEO who could not attend the meeting, they added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/BAC\/\">Bank of America<\/a><span 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data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>&#8216;s Ted Pick, and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/WFC\/\">Wells Fargo<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> CEO Charlie Scharf were all in attendance, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-10\/anthropic-model-scare-sparks-urgent-bessent-powell-warning-to-bank-ceos?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/397bf755-54cf-4018-a01d-8f714d8667c5?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times<\/a> were first to report the special meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Reserve declined to comment to CNBC. The Treasury Department and Anthropic did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out the new artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos Preview, in a limited capacity due to concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>Banking giant JPMorgan Chase was among the initial launch partners for the cybersecurity initiative, known as Project Glasswing. Other partners include <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AAPL\/\">Apple<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/GOOGL\/\">Google<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MSFT\/\">Microsoft<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-16\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\">Nvidia<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>An Anthropic official previously told CNBC that it&#8217;s been in &#8220;ongoing discussions&#8221; with the U.S. government, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, about Claude Mythos Preview&#8217;s cyber capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, cyber stocks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/27\/anthropic-cybersecurity-stocks-ai-mythos.html\">slumped<\/a> after Fortune discovered a draft blog post from Anthropic, which revealed the model&#8217;s advanced cyber capabilities and possible risks. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dangers of getting this wrong are obvious, but if we get it right, there is a real opportunity to create a fundamentally more secure internet and world than we had before the advent of AI-powered cyber capabilities,&#8221; CEO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarioAmodei\/status\/2041580334693720511\" target=\"_blank\">Dario Amodei<\/a>\u00a0wrote in a post to X, accompanying Glasswing&#8217;s rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers have used Anthropic&#8217;s models in the past to orchestrate AI-fueled attacks. <\/p>\n<p>In November, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2025\/11\/13\/mac.html\">disclosed<\/a> that a Chinese group used Claude to automate a hack on government and corporate targets.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic is currently fighting the Department of Defense over its recent labeling of the AI lab as a supply chain risk to national security. 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