Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now — And That Should Scare You

Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now — And That Should Scare You There's a chart making the rounds from the UK's AI Security Institute that I can't stop thinking about. It shows different AI models attempting a 32-step corporate network attack simulation — reconnaissance through full network takeover, estimated at 20 hours of human effort. Most models, given a 100 million token budget, failed to complete it. Claude Mythos, Anthropic's not-publicly-released security model, completed it i...