As part of AI company Anthropic’s Project Glasswing initiative, the new general-purpose model Mythos is uniquely powerful in the artificial intelligence industry and is causing concern among even people who are normally trusting of AI. The company, which also makes the AI model Claude, has claimed that Mythos is currently too advanced for public release and is instead entrusting the model to cybersecurity experts for the time being. But some are worried this could pave the way for even more nefariousness in the AI space.

‘New era of hacking’
Mythos’ AI programming can find potential weaknesses in cybersecurity, and it can “detect thousands of high- and critical-severity bugs and software defects, with vulnerabilities identified in most major operating systems and web browsers,” said NBC News. Some of these vulnerabilities had been “undiscovered for decades,” according to Anthropic’s experts. 

There are also fears that Mythos could “usher in a new era of hacking and cybersecurity,” said NBC News. So Anthropic is allowing certain tech firms to access Mythos. 

These tech firms are expected to use Mythos as part of Glasswing to “hunt for flaws in their products and share findings with industry peers,” said Bloomberg. It will be the “first time a leading AI lab has built a frontier model and simultaneously decided the public cannot use it,” said Forbes. 

‘Humanity’s most devious behaviors’
In addition to hacking vulnerabilities, some experts are concerned about Mythos’ capabilities. Anthropic released a safety evaluation for it that shows a “striking leap in scores on many evaluation benchmarks,” said the company. In some instances, the evaluation “reads like a thriller about an AI that has learned some of humanity's most devious behaviors,” said Axios.

These issues have not stopped companies from working with Mythos, as “approximately 40 organizations involved in the design, maintenance or operation of computer systems are said to have joined Glasswing,” said The Guardian. This includes major firms like Amazon, Apple, Google, JPMorganChase and Microsoft. And while Anthropic has previously sparred with the Trump administration about its implementation in the Defense Department, the company has also had “discussions” with the government regarding Mythos.

Several thousand people have been killed in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war broke out, and the conflict has created an additional humanitarian crisis: delays and shortages of medical supplies. Hospitals and health care clinics throughout the Middle East are reporting critical lapses, which experts fear could lead to a surge in deaths even as the U.S. agreed to a temporary ceasefire.

What did the commentators say?
Humanitarian centers across the Middle East, Asia and Africa are “facing the risk of running out of basic medication and food” due to the “restriction of shipments in the Strait of Hormuz,” said NPR. Some food can be “stored for a long time,” said Bob Kitchen, the vice president of emergencies at the International Rescue Committee, to NPR. But most “medicines or treatments for malnutrition will expire.”

Many of these countries rely almost entirely on foreign aid for medical supplies. Sudan, for example, has “no manufacturing capacity and is entirely dependent on imported medication,” said Omer Sharfy, of Save the Children in Sudan, to NPR. The war has also “disrupted the movement of medical supplies from WHO’s global logistics hub in Dubai,” said the World Health Organization. By March 11, just 12 days into the war, more than “50 emergency supply requests, intended to benefit over 1.5 million people across 25 countries,” were “affected, resulting in significant backlogs.”

The Persian Gulf countries are not “major drug producers,” said health care news nonprofit Healthbeat. But these nations do “form a critical pharmaceutical transit hub.”

What next?
Some are hopeful that the two-week ceasefire, announced by President Donald Trump and initially agreed to by Iran, will allow the flow of medicine to restart. But Israel has continued its assault on the region, carrying out a series of strikes in Lebanon, which led to Iran reclosing the strait. Iran later accused the U.S. of violating the deal as well and claimed a long-term ceasefire is “unreasonable,” said The Associated Press.

Others say it’s unlikely the Strait of Hormuz’s temporary reopening would make a huge difference in moving global supplies. The ceasefire deal would not lead to a “mass exodus of ships,” said The Guardian. 

Indian voters cross the Brahmaputra River by boat in Assam to cast their ballots in state legislative elections. Two states and a union territory are going to the polls in contests that will test the support for Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. 
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In a world full of influencers and trending aesthetics, figuring out your personal style has become both easier and overwhelming. Here are some tips for navigating the very personal journey toward landing on your own very individual style.

Start with your closet
Your first thought may be to start buying new clothes, but before you start refreshing your closet, take stock of what you already have. Begin from the “left side of your wardrobe and commit to wearing each item every day,” said CNN. Then consider whether to “save it for evening wear or chuck it altogether.” This will give you a “clearer view of what does and doesn’t work, as well as what you are missing.”

Go window shopping
Spend your time “looking at clothes, not buying clothes,” said The Every Girl. Pick a day and “commit yourself to not swiping your credit card.” Instead, spend a “no-pressure day getting a better grasp of what you like.” You can also “test-drive new pieces” by using a clothing rental service like Armoire, Nuuly and Rent the Runway.

Don’t hyperfixate on your body
Many of us are conditioned to “believe that our body shape and size dictate what we wear,” said The Guardian. But it’s hard to “build perspective” when your “top concern is that every garment you wear makes it clear exactly how your waist is shaped” or if you are “worried about looking short in a long coat,” said Lizzie Wheeler, a vintage expert, to The Guardian. Don’t be afraid to experiment with shape, volume and proportion.