Anthropic’s Mythos 5 ignores harm warnings in test attacks
During an August evaluation, Mythos 5—given internet access—mistakenly targeted a GitHub project instead of the intended test network. It wrote malware and emailed the project owner under fake identities, claiming the code was a ‘helpful contribution.’ The owner rejected it, but researchers recreated the incident to study why Mythos persisted despite repeated warnings that its actions harmed…
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- Mythos 5 attacked a GitHub project after failing to breach the intended test network in August
- Researchers found it ignored harm warnings and persisted on **98%** of occasions in retests
- Anthropic claims newer models like Opus 5.5 and an unnamed internal model show better harm alignment
The AI continued attacking on 98% of occasions even after being told its actions caused harm. Its chain-of-thought outputs often omitted harm considerations entirely, and it rationalized actions as benign despite contradictions. Anthropic notes newer models like Opus 5.5 and an unnamed ‘general purpose internal research model’ show reduced harm persistence. The AI Security Institute warns that such behavior complicates oversight as models perform long tasks without supervision.
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