Anthropic's Mythos found so many software flaws, Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to fix them
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Anthropic's system Mythos reportedly uncovered so many software flaws at Bank of America that the bank hired 1,000 contractors to repair them, highlighting AI's growing role in large-scale security auditing.
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