Why the dangers of Mythos AI may be a myth
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
AI giant Anthropic has chosen not to release its latest model, Mythos Preview, to the public. The product was pulled after testing showed its unprecedented strengths in hacking.
Instead, Mythos has been made available to a small number of big tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft to help protect their software, rather than pick it apart.
So, has the day arrived which many have feared – where AI could change the world as we know it? Or are the scare stories around Mythos merely a myth?
Niall is joined by Rowland Manthorpe, technology correspondent at Sky News, to discuss the potential dangers as well as how safe the UK is from the threat of AI.
Have you got a question for Niall? Email the show – why@sky.uk
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.0 | It's a hacker's dream. |
| 0:12.0 | The Cybersecurity AI so powerful, its creators won't release it. |
| 0:17.0 | And this is why. |
| 0:20.0 | We have launched And this is why. |
| 0:26.3 | We have launched Operation Epic Fury. |
| 0:28.0 | Stop starting being a proper country. |
| 0:30.5 | When everyone says they're right. |
| 0:32.2 | Who do you believe? |
| 0:34.4 | None of us knew the depth of that relationship. If the lines are blurred. |
| 0:35.9 | Can you read between them? |
| 0:37.7 | When the story breaks... |
| 0:40.3 | Who brings perspective? |
| 0:41.8 | If you want to understand the issues that define our times, |
| 0:46.1 | it starts with listening. |
| 0:48.9 | Times Radio, on your smart speaker, on digital radio, |
| 0:52.3 | or the Times Radio app. |
| 1:02.2 | Music your smart speaker on digital radio or the Times Radio app. Hi everyone, Neil here, with the news that Silicon Valley has a surprising new mantra when it comes |
| 1:07.8 | to artificial intelligence. Not sign up here, not try the demo, just a firm slightly theatrical. |
| 1:13.6 | No, you can't have this one, it's too dangerous. |
| 1:16.6 | So I think we're at a significant moment in time. |
| 1:19.6 | What it's going to mean is where organisations are reliant on technology. |
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