--- title: China champions open AI to the world. In private, it’s... description: China is privately alarmed by Anthropic's Mythos model, which it views as a potential offensive cyber weapon. The model has demonstrated an ability to chain... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-champions-open-ai-to-the-world-in-private-it-s-afraid-of-one-closed-american-model--tgpxfwvqo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China champions open AI to the world. In private, it’s afraid of one closed American model. | daily.dev og:description: China is privately alarmed by Anthropic's Mythos model, which it views as a potential offensive cyber weapon. The model has demonstrated an ability to chain... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-champions-open-ai-to-the-world-in-private-it-s-afraid-of-one-closed-american-model--tgpxfwvqo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TGPXfwVQO.png og:image:alt: China champions open AI to the world. In private, it’s afraid of one closed American model. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China champions open AI to the world. In private, it’s afraid of one closed American model. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary China is privately alarmed by Anthropic's Mythos model, which it views as a potential offensive cyber weapon. The model has demonstrated an ability to chain hundreds of vulnerabilities and write working exploit code with over 83% success on first attempts. Washington cut off foreign access to Mythos in June. The tension is compounded by an upcoming Xi-Trump summit, mutual accusations of IP theft, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's openly hawkish stance toward China. Beijing is drafting retaliatory options including sanctions or adding US AI firms to a restricted-entity list, though these would be largely symbolic since Anthropic has no Chinese operations. The situation reflects a broader US-China rivalry now extending into frontier AI models. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did the US government cut off foreign access to Anthropic's Mythos model? Washington judged the cyber weapon risk severe enough to cut off foreign access entirely in June. A GovTech assessment found the model chained hundreds of vulnerabilities together and wrote working exploit code on its first attempt, succeeding more than 83% of the time, prompting officials to treat it as a potential offensive cyber weapon. _Developers weighing AI security risk assessments can follow frontier model access policy shifts on daily.dev._ ### Why is China worried about a closed American AI model it cannot access? Chinese officials reportedly see Anthropic's Mythos model as a potential offensive cyber weapon because it has proven unusually good at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities at a scale humans cannot match. Anthropic denies China access even for ordinary use, and the company's CEO Dario Amodei has called China's ruling party the most capable threat among authoritarian governments. _Anyone tracking AI export controls and geopolitics can follow these developments on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@taiwofrancis** · 0 upvotes > Frontier AI is reshaping global security. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic’s Mythos is moving between governments faster than regulators](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-mythos-is-moving-between-governments-faster-than-regulators-fnrfssbic) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [US summons bank bosses over cyber risks from Anthropic’s latest AI model](https://daily.dev/posts/us-summons-bank-bosses-over-cyber-risks-from-anthropic-s-latest-ai-model-80zisktub) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud](https://daily.dev/posts/nsa-spies-are-reportedly-using-anthropic-s-mythos-despite-pentagon-feud-x9rqwsitc) · TechCrunch · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [China’s state security minister names two US AI models as a cyber threat](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-state-security-minister-names-two-us-ai-models-as-a-cyber-threat-0o0f6ijzt) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [US officials warn banks over powerful new Anthropic model](https://daily.dev/posts/us-officials-warn-banks-over-powerful-new-anthropic-model-qrttgziht) · TechCentral · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ai-security](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/china-champions-open-ai-to-the-world-in-private-it-s-afraid-of-one-closed-american-model--tgpxfwvqo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"China champions open AI to the world. 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