Bank of America Bolsters Tech Staff to Address AI-Discovered Vulnerabilities

Bank of America is hiring 1,000 contractors to handle a surge in security remediation work triggered by vulnerabilities surfaced by Anthropic's Mythos model, with the bank facing a remediation bill of more than a couple hundred million dollars. The staffing increase addresses the volume of AI-discovered security issues the bank must fix.

Bank of America is ramping up its tech squad by hiring 1,000 contractors to tackle a surge in security work sparked by AI-discovered vulnerabilities. The move comes as the bank faces a hefty remediation bill of over a couple of hundred million dollars to address the issues flagged by Anthropic's Mythos model.