{"id":7094,"date":"2026-04-24T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:28:02","slug":"we-need-something-far-more-versatile-nirmala-sitharaman-flags-anthropic-mythos-ai-as-new-risk-to-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7094","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe need something far more versatile\u2026\u201d: Nirmala Sitharaman flags Anthropic Mythos AI as new risk to banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>On April 23, India\u2019s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a high-level security meeting with Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, bank leaders, and stakeholders to evaluate cybersecurity risks associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. The meeting comes amid growing concerns about Anthropic\u2019s new Claude Mythos model.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The X post shared by the Ministry of Finance revealed that Sitharaman warned stakeholders about the potential risks of emerging AI models like Mythos. The post highlighted that the threat from AI models is \u201cunprecedented and requires a very high degree of vigilance, preparedness and better coordination across financial institutions and banks.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>Must read:<\/strong>\u00a0BT explainer: Why Anthropic\u2019s Claude Mythos could become a major security risk?<\/p> <div class=\"embedcode\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsitharaman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nsitharaman<\/a> today chaired a high-level meeting, along with Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways and I&amp;B Shri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshwiniVaishnaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AshwiniVaishnaw<\/a>, with Scheduled Commercial Banks and key stakeholders to assess the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrQrDCkMKE\">pic.twitter.com\/TrQrDCkMKE<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinMinIndia\/status\/2047345379667235043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <\/div> <p>While Sitharaman praised the ongoing efforts of banks in tackling cybersecurity-related risk. She highlighted that there is a greater challenge that is emerging from advanced technologies like AI.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cThe new challenge, which is coming in the name of Mythos, about which not much is known, not very many people have tested or tried,\u201d Sitharaman said as per ANI inputs. The FM also stated that the Ministry of Electronics and Telecommunications are in active discussion with concerned authorities, tech companies, and governments around the world about the preparedness India needs to strengthen its defence.<\/p> <p><strong>Must read:<\/strong> Anthropic\u2019s Mythos breached! Unauthorised access raises security concerns<\/p> <p>FM stressed that the current proactiveness may not be sufficient, and that \u201cwe need something new and something far more versatile to be able to counter the newer threats which are likely to come.\u201d She further urged banks to work together to understand where the investment is required, what technologies would be necessary, and how AI could itself counter \u00a0AI-related challenges.<\/p> <p>The X post further urged banks to \u201creport any suspicious activity or cyber incident to the relevant authorities,\u201d and \u201cto take all necessary pre-emptive measures to secure their IT systems, safeguard customer data, and protect monetary resources.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Nirmala Sitharaman, Anthropic, Mythos, claude mythis, Anthropic mythos, Mythos risks, Mythos risk to banks, AI, AI threat to banks, cybersecurity, cybersecurity risks, cybersecurity risks to banks, Ashwini Vaishnaw, AI models, Claude Mythos model#versatile #Nirmala #Sitharaman #flags #Anthropic #Mythos #risk #banks1777026482<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 23, India\u2019s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a high-level security meeting with Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, bank leaders, and stakeholders to evaluate cybersecurity risks associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. The meeting comes amid growing concerns about Anthropic\u2019s new Claude Mythos model.\u00a0 The X post shared by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[99,8161,26413,8821,25301,1662,10177,26410,26416,4719,26414,26415,26409,547,25474,26412,26411,6089,886,1030,3095,26417],"class_list":["post-7094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-ai","tag-ai-models","tag-ai-threat-to-banks","tag-anthropic","tag-anthropic-mythos","tag-ashwini-vaishnaw","tag-banks","tag-claude-mythis","tag-claude-mythos-model","tag-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity-risks","tag-cybersecurity-risks-to-banks","tag-finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman","tag-flags","tag-mythos","tag-mythos-risk-to-banks","tag-mythos-risks","tag-nirmala","tag-nirmala-sitharaman","tag-risk","tag-sitharaman","tag-versatile"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}