Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype

Anthropic claimed in late April that its Claude Mythos model is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts, part of a stretch of AI announcements that also included an OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident and subsequent disclosures by Anthropic and Meta. The claims arrive amid a broader wave of AI hype the coverage urges readers to scrutinize.

It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts. Then we had the OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident, after which Anthropic proudly and Meta reluctantly disclose