New AI model Claude Mythos could pose DeFi security threat

Following the release of Fable 5, the first public version of Anthropic's new AI model Claude Mythos, concerns are rising in the crypto industry about its potential to exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, Cointelegraph reported. Simon Dedic, founder of Moonrock Capital, warned on X that Fable 5 could reduce the cost and technical barriers for finding smart contract vulnerabilities to virtually zero. He added that unaudited DeFi protocols could become easy targets and that existing vulnerabilities could be repeatedly exploited in forked projects. Conversely, Curve Finance (CRV) co-founder Michael Egorov argued there is no guarantee that Mythos's success in finding vulnerabilities in general software will be replicated in DeFi smart contracts. He suggested that a greater threat could emerge in the area of operational security (OpSec), such as attacks on multisig wallets or front-end supply chains.