U.S. financial regulators and Treasury officials escalated scrutiny of advanced AI cybersecurity capabilities after Anthropic released “Mythos,” a model that security researchers say can identify and exploit software vulnerabilities at scale. Multiple reports say Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened major Wall Street CEOs to brief them on potential cyber risk posed by Mythos and similar systems. The concern is that high-performing AI could accelerate vulnerability discovery and exploitation, increasing systemic exposure across banks and other critical infrastructure. Anthropic’s own materials characterized Mythos preview capabilities, including finding decades-old vulnerabilities, but the response signals broader coordination between regulators and private-sector operators as frontier AI deployment expands. The situation is unfolding alongside Anthropic’s legal battle with the Pentagon over restrictions on use of its models on classified networks. Higher education institutions with finance, research computing, and shared security services will be watching closely as the AI security threat reshapes enterprise risk management, vendor due diligence, and the governance expectations for AI systems used in sensitive environments.