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Anthropic says Mythos Preview is a general-purpose model and found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major OS and web browser (Anthropic)

Anthropic:
Anthropic says Mythos Preview is a general-purpose model and found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major OS and web browser  —  Earlier today we announced Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model.  This model performs strongly across the board …

Google updates Chrome with vertical tabs, a feature that Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge have long offered, and a new full-screen reading mode (Lance Whitney/ZDNET)

Lance Whitney / ZDNET:
Google updates Chrome with vertical tabs, a feature that Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge have long offered, and a new full-screen reading mode  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Google has started rolling out vertical tabs in Chrome.  — With vertical tabs, all your open web pages appear in a sidebar.

Interviews with Anthropic executives on why Claude Mythos Preview is a cybersecurity "reckoning", not releasing it publicly over misuse concerns, and more (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Interviews with Anthropic executives on why Claude Mythos Preview is a cybersecurity “reckoning”, not releasing it publicly over misuse concerns, and more  —  The company said on Tuesday that it was holding back on releasing the new technology but was working with 40 companies to explore how it could prevent cyberattacks.

Waterloo-based Mappedin, which uses AI and LiDAR to create and maintain 3D digital maps of indoor spaces, raised $24.5M, bringing its total funding to $35M (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Chris Metinko / Axios:
Waterloo-based Mappedin, which uses AI and LiDAR to create and maintain 3D digital maps of indoor spaces, raised $24.5M, bringing its total funding to $35M  —  Mappedin, a Canadian indoor digital mapping startup, raised a US$24.5 million growth equity financing led by Edison Partners, CEO Hongwei Liu tells Axios Pro exclusively.

Anthropic's Project Glasswing includes AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, and others (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)

David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic's Project Glasswing includes AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, and others  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — AI found thousands of hidden bugs in critical systems.  — Tech rivals unite to secure shared infrastructure risks.