{"id":344801,"date":"2026-06-03T00:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=344801"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:44:43","slug":"canada-has-access-to-anthropics-powerful-mythos-ai-model-minister-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/canada-has-access-to-anthropics-powerful-mythos-ai-model-minister-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada has access to Anthropic\u2019s powerful Mythos AI model, minister says &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s artificial intelligence minister said Tuesday the federal government now has access to Anthropic\u2019s Mythos model \u2014 an AI platform so powerful that the corporate has withheld it from most people.<\/p>\n<p>AI Minister Evan Solomon said the federal government has signed onto Project Glasswing, which Anthropic launched earlier this 12 months to permit the U.S. government and a limited variety of top tech firms to make use of Mythos to scan its systems for security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/expanding-project-glasswing\">Anthropic said earlier Tuesday<\/a> it was expanding this system to 150 additional organizations in greater than 15 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that the Canadian government is an element now of Project Glasswing, which allows firms to have access to Mythos,\u201d Solomon told reporters after a cupboard meeting in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we do have access, we&#8217;re a part of Project Glasswing, I\u2019ll confirm that, and thru the Canadian Cyber Security Centre, we have now access Mythos now. So it\u2019s an important step for Canadians and for our government to be certain that that we have now access and we are able to protect our institutions and our countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Solomon said he couldn\u2019t give details on which firms have access to Mythos.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic also declined to call specific firms getting access but said they cover industries reminiscent of health care, power, water, communications and hardware. The expansion also includes government organizations, the corporate said.<\/p>\n<p>When it announced the creation of Mythos this spring, Anthropic said the model\u00a0was so \u201cstrikingly capable\u201d at hacking and cybersecurity work that it could only release it to a small group of trusted organizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11772106_6a1f23585a679\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11772106\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11772106\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11772106_6a1f23585a679\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Anthropic claims its new AI model too risky to release to 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class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Anthropic claims its new AI model too risky to release to public'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/e957cwlsgf-zb58pehk3v\/ANTHROPIC_VMS.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:16<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Anthropic claims its recent AI model too dangerous to release to public<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The corporate said Project Glasswing was created in hopes of securing the world\u2019s critical software from \u201csevere\u201d fallout that the brand new model could pose to public safety, national security and the economy \u2014 particularly if it was utilized in a significant cyberattack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Solomon said on the time that withholding Mythos from the general public was \u201cthe responsible path and offers people protecting critical systems a head start.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anthropic said Tuesday its partners using Mythos thus far \u2014 including Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft \u2014 have found greater than 10,000 security flaws they considered highly or critically severe, though some industry experts have said fears of unfettered hacking have been overstated.<\/p>\n<p>Project Glasswing goals to bolster major software infrastructure before AI as powerful as Mythos is widely available from other providers, a prospect that Anthropic says is between six and 12 months away.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate has said it goals to bring Mythos-class models to all of its customers, with additional safeguards, in the approaching weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of Mythos\u2019 rollout comes after Anthropic filed\u00a0confidentially for what might be certainly one of the most important initial public offerings in history, culminating a frenzy of business and government interest in its AI.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"solomon-says-ai-strategy-to-emphasize-privacy-building-trust\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tSolomon says AI strategy to emphasise privacy, constructing &#8216;trust&#8217;\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The announcement of Canada\u2019s involvement in testing Mythos also comes ahead of the expected release this week of the federal government\u2019s recent AI strategy, which Solomon said Tuesday will emphasize boosting Canadians\u2019 trust within the technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be lots on trust, lots on empowering employees, lots on constructing Canada. You\u2019ll see the small print later this week,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa has previously said the long-delayed strategy will include details on recent privacy and online safety laws the federal government will introduce to tackle concerns around AI.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11875752_6a1f23585d1ae\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11875752\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11875752\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11875752_6a1f23585d1ae\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Ottawa to unveil u2018refreshedu2019 AI strategy\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"tech\"],\"keywords\":[\"short-clip\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Computers and Electronics\/Computer Security\",\"Computers and Electronics\"],\"tags\":[\"Amazon (company)\",\"Anthropic\",\"Apple Inc.\",\"Artificial intelligence\",\"Associated Press\",\"Canada\",\"Claude (language model)\",\"Claude Mythos\",\"Computer hardware\",\"Computer security\",\"Cyberattack\",\"Evan Solomon\",\"Google\",\"Government of Canada\",\"Health\",\"Infrastructure\",\"Microsoft\",\"Ottawa\",\"Public security\",\"Reuters\",\"Security hacker\",\"Smartphone\",\"Software\",\"United States\",\"Vulnerability (computer security)\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Ottawa to unveil \u2018refreshed\u2019 AI strategy'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/bwmsugn6l7-ji7tmepzix\/AI.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">7:23<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Ottawa to unveil \u2018refreshed\u2019 AI strategy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Solomon said he&#8217;s working with Culture Minister Marc Miller and Justice Minister Sean Fraser on the laws he\u2019s leading that can update Canada\u2019s private sector privacy laws. Miller is charge of a brand new online harms bill that can cover AI chatbots, which Solomon has consulted on.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon wouldn\u2019t say if those bills will probably be tabled before Parliament breaks for the summer in lower than three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSooner or later, you\u2019re going to see it, but I&#8217;d just say it\u2019s a very vital element of constructing the trust for the AI strategy and for other things,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to guard Canadians in the beginning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe could have laws, comprehensive laws, that can be certain that that we\u2019re protecting \u2026 in the beginning children, Canadians\u2019 privacy and Canadians\u2019 data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other expected elements within the strategy include sovereign compute infrastructure, support for Canadian AI firms and international co-ordination. The strategy can be expected to offer AI training and education for Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon has also said it would consider the technology\u2019s impacts on the labour market.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014With files from the Canadian Press, the Associated Press and Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s artificial intelligence minister said Tuesday the federal government now has access to Anthropic\u2019s Mythos model \u2014 an AI platform so powerful that the corporate has withheld it from most people. 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