Europe’s laws ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with superhacking AI, lawmakers warn

EU cyber agency ENISA needs access to Mythos to scrutinize the risks, lawmakers said.

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BRUSSELS — The European Union's cybersecurity rules are "ill-equipped" to deal with a new generation of AI hacking tools like Anthropic’s Mythos, lawmakers said Monday in a letter obtained by POLITICO.

Thirty members of the European Parliament from six political groups told Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen that the bloc needs to revise its laws and come up with a "European mitigation plan" to fight hacking risks associated with new AI models.

Anthropic announced last month that its model outperformed humans in finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities, alarming government and cybersecurity officials across the world. The new tech has also highlighted Europe's struggle to gain access to cutting-edge AI to assess the risks.