Japan Top Officials to Meet Banks to Discuss Mythos Threat

Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she will meet the country’s biggest banks to discuss Anthropic PBC’s latest AI model Mythos on Friday, as authorities around the world express concerns about the technology.

She is set to talk with a group including the country’s biggest lenders Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and Japan Exchange Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hiromi Yamaji are also likely to attend, people familiar with the matter said earlier.