Mythos, Fable, and Anthropic’s Big Trust Problem

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Three Buddy Problem – Episode 101: We discuss Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 release and the bombshell that the company was silently downgrading paid users’ results, sparking a heated debate over guardrails, gatekeeping, and whether elite AI reasoning is becoming a privilege for the few.

Plus, AI-generated N-day exploits killing the patch window, a record-shattering Patch Tuesday, Meta’s latest court filing against spyware maker NSO Group, the return of cyber paleontology, and a detour into the new government UFO drops.

Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Introductory banter
3:22 – The Mythos 5 / Claude Fable 5 release
14:42 – Anthropic’s silent downgrade trust problem
26:18 – Anti-competitive behavior & the AV “stealing detection” parallel
32:29 – Distillation, China & the real motive
38:04 – “Too dangerous to release” & gatekeeping vs. guardrailing
45:53 – Is Mythos a threat to malware-analysis startups?
48:20 – Dario’s AI regulation essay
56:48 – N-day exploits and death of the patch window
1:07:18 – Patch Tuesday and 10x vulnerability surge
1:10:34 – Meta catches NSO Group
1:14:45 – Cyber paleontology, Shadow Brokers leaks
1:28:29 – Moonlight Maze and learning from history
1:34:22 – UFOs, UAPs and Disclosure Day

Links:

• Transcript
  
• SemiAnalysis: Anthropic’s latest model silently degrades its IQ
  
• Researchers Are Furious Over Anthropic’s Hidden AI Limits
  
• Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers
  
• Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5
  
• System Card: Claude Fable 5 & Claude Mythos 5
  
• Socket: Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms
  
• Dario Amodei: Policy on the AI Exponential
  
• Patch Tuesday (Adobe/Microsoft)
  
• WhatsApp catches NSO Group spear phishing
  
• Department of War Publishes Third Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files
  
• Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, detailing mysterious orb sightings
  
• Orbs over a pond (UFO video)
  
• fast16 | Mystery Shadow Brokers Reference Reveals High-Precision Software Sabotage 5 Years Before Stuxnet
  
• Penquin’s Moonlit Maze
  
• LABScon Call for Papers