Senior officials in the administration of Donald Trump are encouraging major financial institutions to explore a newly introduced artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic.

Reports indicate that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently met with leading banking executives, urging them to test the firm’s “Mythos” model for its ability to identify system vulnerabilities.

Although JPMorgan Chase was initially listed as an early partner, other financial giants such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley are also said to be evaluating the system, reflecting growing interest in AI-powered cybersecurity tools.

Anthropic unveiled the model recently but has limited access due to concerns over its strong ability to detect weaknesses, even though it was not specifically designed for cybersecurity.

While some experts view this as a genuine precaution, others believe it may also serve as a strategic move to attract enterprise clients.

The development comes amid ongoing legal tensions between Anthropic and the U.S. government, following a Department of Defense classification labeling the company as a potential supply-chain risk.

The disagreement reportedly centers on how the company’s AI systems may be used by government agencies, while regulators in the United Kingdom are also reviewing the potential implications of the technology.

Source: TechCrunch