AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Anthropic says Mythos can turn software patches into exploits in minutes
Anthropic's Mythos Preview can now turn newly disclosed software vulnerabilities into working exploits in hours instead of weeks, according to new Anthropic research shared first with Axios. Why it matters: AI's ability to find new bugs has been getting most of the attention. But Anthropic's findings suggest advanced models may be just as effective at rapidly weaponizing flaws that defenders already know about. - That could dramatically shrink the "patch gap" between a vulnerability's disclosure and widespread patching. Driving the news: Anthropic's frontier red team tested Mythos against vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and the Microsoft Windows kernel that were disclosed in January and February. - Researchers evaluated bugs…