Cyber stocks fall on report Anthropic is testing a powerful new model
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Cybersecurity stocks fell on Friday following a report that Anthropic is testing a powerful new AI model that is more advanced in terms of cyber capabilities and also presents potential security risks.
luck first reported Thursday’s news cites information in a publicly available draft blog post. According to the report, the new Mythos model is touted as Anthropic’s most powerful model yet. However, the company plans a slow rollout due to possible cybersecurity implications.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
Cybersecurity stocks fell with this news iShares Cybersecurity ETF Market leaders lost 3% CrowdStrike And Palo Alto Networks It fell 7%. Zscaler And SentinelOne rose above 8 percent. defensible fell by almost 11 percent okta And Netskope Each fell more than 6 percent.
This is not a new phenomenon for the industry, which has succumbed to fears of AI disruption.
Last month, cyber stocks fell after Anthropic made an announcement new code scanning security tool To Claude. The broader software field is also feeling the pressure of technological innovation.
The rise of artificial intelligence and autonomous agents is changing the threat landscape and putting pressure on cybersecurity companies to keep pace with more sophisticated attacks and tools that facilitate hacking.
Anthropic said in November that a state-sponsored group in China was using Claude to automate a cyberattack.
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