Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox

The Claude Mythos Preview appears to be living up to the hype, at least from a cybersecurity standpoint. The model, which Anthropic rolled out to a small group of users, including Firefox developer Mozilla, earlier this month, has discovered 271 vulnerabilities in version 148 of the browser. All have been fixed in this week’s release of Firefox 150, Mozilla emphasized. These findings set a new precedent in AI’s ability to unearth bugs, and could turbocharge cybersecurity efforts. “Nothing...