Anthropic is currently in discussions with the European Commission regarding the deployment of several of its AI models within the European Union, including a cybersecurity model that has not yet been launched in the region. The company has committed to adhering to the EU's General Artificial Intelligence Code of Practice, accepting the obligation to assess and mitigate potential risks. A European Commission spokesperson, Thomas Regnier, confirmed that Anthropic has pledged to comply with the code. Regnier stated that under this framework, companies are obligated to evaluate and mitigate risks that may arise from a service, regardless of whether it is offered in Europe. Neither Anthropic nor Regnier immediately responded to requests for further comment.

Last week, Anthropic released its most powerful model to date, Claude Mythos Preview, which emphasizes capabilities in programming and agent-based tasks. Despite previous legal disputes with the Trump administration after being placed on a blacklist, the company is still communicating with US authorities regarding Mythos. CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to meet with the White House Chief of Staff, a meeting that could potentially lead to a breakthrough in resolving the dispute with the Pentagon over AI usage.

The release of Mythos has triggered cybersecurity concerns among various nations. Following its launch, US Treasury Secretary Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Powell urgently convened a meeting on April 7th with the CEOs of major banks including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs to discuss the potential for Mythos to herald a "new era of cyber risk." All the banks summoned are designated as "systemically important financial institutions," whose stability is critical to the global financial system.

The United Kingdom has also shown significant concern. Bank of England Governor Bailey publicly remarked, "Logically, events in the Gulf region should be the latest challenge facing the world today. But you wake up to find that Anthropic may have discovered a way to completely颠覆 the cybersecurity landscape, and you can't help but ask yourself: what did I do wrong in a past life?"

The core reason for the financial regulators' anxiety lies in the threat Mythos potentially poses to the SEC's "Consolidated Audit Trail" database. The American Securities Association, in a letter to Secretary Bessent, indicated that Mythos could be exploited by malicious actors to attack this database, enabling large-scale identity theft, exposing individuals' trading positions, and amplifying insider threats. More profoundly, the core systems of most large global banks rely on homogenized underlying software. If Mythos were to find a vulnerability in a common component, an attack could spread like dominoes, directly threatening critical financial pathways such as cross-border payments, clearing, and settlement.

A window for reconciliation with the US government may be opening. Previously, the US War Department terminated its contract with Anthropic and listed the company as a supply chain risk, leading to a lawsuit from Anthropic. This maker of the Claude AI chatbot, backed by both Amazon and Alphabet's Google, rejected the War Department's demand for unrestricted access to its AI models. The scheduled meeting between CEO Amodei and White House Chief offficer of Staff Susie Wiles on April 17, 2026, is seen by observers as a significant signal that a breakthrough in the dispute might be possible. The Trump administration has acknowledged the advanced capabilities of Anthropic's newly launched "Mythos" AI model in cybersecurity defense and is considering granting federal agencies access to it. Anthropic has simultaneously emphasized that its position is not a complete refusal to cooperate with the military, but rather an insistence on proceeding within a framework of reasonable safeguards. In a statement following the latest court ruling, the company stated, "While initiating legal action was necessary to protect the company, our customers, and partners, we remain committed to working constructively with the government to ensure all Americans benefit from safe and reliable artificial intelligence."