China may have accessed Mythos

The White House's decision to impose export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos was reportedly driven by concerns that a group linked to China may have accessed the technology. If China had access to Mythos 5 or Fable 5, it could pose a significant national security risk. The Chinese government could potentially reverse engineer the model using a method called distillation, where a less advanced AI is trained to replicate the behavior of a more advanced one. The White House has not confirmed the report, and details surrounding the situation remain unclear.

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