Anthropic’s Claude Mythos gains influencer attention as cybersecurity disruptor: GlobalData Study

Anthropic gained significant attention by forming Project Glasswing, a defensive alliance with major technology firms designed to harden security systems before any broader release.

Anthropic dominated influencer discussions during the second week of April 2026 after revealing Claude Mythos, an unreleased model that can uncover deep vulnerabilities within global software infrastructure. The company gained significant attention by forming Project Glasswing, a defensive alliance with major technology firms designed to harden security systems before any broader release. This move was driven by the model’s ability to conduct multi-step exploits, navigate sandbox environments, and operate independently within various operating systems and browsers, leading to a rare industry decision to withhold the technology to mitigate safety risks, says GlobalData, a leading intelligence and productivity platform.

Shreyasee Majumder, Social Media Analyst at GlobalData, comments, “Influencer sentiment around Mythos reflects a mix of awe and alarm, highlighting the model as a major advancement in coding and vulnerability discovery. They observe that Anthropic is withholding the technology from the public while granting select partners exclusive early access to reinforce global security and protect critical software before these capabilities become common. For cybersecurity firms, this represents a disruptive shift in which automated flaw detection could pressure traditional vendors and move market value toward defense management and rapid remediation.”

Below are a few popular influencer opinions captured by GlobalData’s Social Media Analytics Platform:

Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly, says, “This is terrifying. @AnthropicAI's new unreleased Mythos model is so good at hacking, it found bugs in "every major operating system and web browser." 83.1% were exploited on first attempt. This thing is like COVID but for software. Actually apocalyptic in the wrong hands.”

“Influencer sentiment around Mythos reflects a mix of awe and alarm, highlighting the model as a major advancement in coding and vulnerability discovery.”

- Shreyasee Majumder, Social Media Analyst at GlobalData

“Anthropic's Project Glasswing  Anthropic just announced they built a model too dangerous to release publicly. That is not a marketing line. That is the actual governance decision. Claude Mythos Preview found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities," states Shakthi Vadakkepat, Enterprise AI Architect.

Kevin Roose, Tech Columnist at The New York Times, says, “NEWS: Anthropic's new model, Claude Mythos, is so powerful that it is not releasing it to the public. Instead, it is starting a 40-company coalition, Project Glasswing, to allow cybersecurity defenders a head start in locking down critical software.”

“Claude Mythos is not only a big leap in performance, it's also about 5x token efficient in BrowseComp. I don't know what Anthropic is doing. But they manage to surprise me every single time. The IPO is getting closer. They have an ARR OpenAI outrun with $30 billion in revenue. OpenAI is under pressure. The next release has to be a huge hit because the market is evaluating the future. The pressure couldn't be greater. OpenAI has to prove its own "Mythos," says Kim, a Technology Expert.

Martin Varsavsky, CEO of Certuma, says, “Claude Mythos just hammered cybersecurity stocks. Cloudflare ($NET) down 13.5% today alone. Anthropic built a model so good at finding zero-day vulnerabilities they refused to release it publicly. Instead they gave controlled access to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto through Project Glasswing, with $100M in credits to harden infrastructure. The model found thousands of unknown vulnerabilities autonomously, including a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD...”

“Claude Mythos Preview seems an incredible step up in coding benchmarks! “ says Derya Unutmaz, a Professor at The Jackson Laboratory. “They won’t release this for some time, likely because it’s very expensive & also due to concerns about cybersecurity, which is a legitimate concern. I wonder what will happen to cybersecurity companies now?”

Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout, says, “The best thing ANY engineer/programmer can do right now is learn how to become a top 1% marketer. For 20 years, the engineer was the most important person in the room. They had the rarest skill. They could build the thing. Everyone else had to wait for them. Claude Mythos and the models coming after it are ending that era…”