Anthropic is sending engineers to the U.S. National Security Agency to help it use the Mithos AI model for offensive cyber operations, the Financial Times reported, citing two sources. The report said about 6 employees are deployed on site to guide use of the technology and customise the model for specific purposes. It is unclear whether they are involved in actual operations.

Competition in the tech industry is being reshaped around AI agents, and security is increasingly moving with it. Companies including Snowflake are expanding into AI while stepping up security capabilities and governance. Microsoft unveiled an AI agent-based platform for automatically detecting software vulnerabilities and added automated device isolation to its endpoint security product. Workday introduced an independent verification feature for agent deployment, while Cisco strengthened security and governance for local AI agents.