The European Commission sat down with Anthropic in San Francisco on Thursday, a meeting that underscores just how central AI diplomacy has become to transatlantic relations. The talks centered on European access to Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, a system reportedly capable of uncovering thousands of cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier confirmed the meeting, describing the discussions as productive. Anthropic followed up by extending a formal invitation to the EU’s cyber agency, proposing controlled access to Mythos under stringent security protocols.
What’s actually being negotiated
The EU has been locked out of some of America’s most advanced AI tools due to US export controls on high-capability AI systems. European officials have characterized these restrictions as discriminatory against allied partners.
The Mythos model sits at the center of these tensions. Anthropic’s system has demonstrated the ability to identify thousands of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, the kind of capability that could dramatically strengthen Europe’s digital defenses.
