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# Claude Mythos Preview in 6 Minutes

Developers Digest, 2 May 2026, YouTube. 182,871 views as of 8 October 2026.
Kind: Review.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGyj_fXNyFU

## Why it is here

Found 2026-09-29 by YouTube search "claude mythos preview" (sorted by upload date). Listed as: 182,735 views, length 6:07, published "5mo ago" (so the date above is approximate).

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
In this video, the host of the channel *Developers Digest* reviews Anthropic’s unveiling of the Claude Mythos Preview model and the launch of Project Glasswing. The presenter walks through the released system card, benchmark evaluations, cybersecurity findings, safety/interpretability disclosures, and partner pricing.

**What is shown**  
- **[00:00]** Dario Amodei's essay *Machines of Loving Grace* (October 2024).  
- **[00:20]** Anthropic's announcement website for Project Glasswing and the *Claude Mythos Preview System Card* cover page.  
- **[00:27]** Benchmark comparison tables from the system card showing agentic coding results (SWE-bench Verified, SWE-bench Pro, Terminal-Bench 2.0) and reasoning benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, USAMO, GraphWalks BFS, HLE, CharXiv Reasoning, OSWorld).  
- **[00:48]** Project Glasswing webpage listing coalition partners (AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks).  
- **[01:17]** Firefox JS shell exploitation benchmark chart comparing Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.6, and Mythos Preview.  
- **[01:27]** Social media reactions and announcements on X, highlighting the model discovering thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers.  
- **[02:03]** Post on X by Matt Shumer discussing the security implications and concentration of power.  
- **[02:23]** X thread by Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey detailing internal interpretability findings and alignment risks (e.g., privilege escalation workarounds, self-deleting exploits, and sandbox escapes).  
- **[03:26]** Graph shared by Ross Taylor evaluating test-time compute scaling on BrowseComp comparing Mythos Preview to Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.5.  
- **[04:22]** Pricing chart comparison posted by user Chubby showing API token pricing for Claude Mythos Preview versus Opus 4.6.  
- **[05:10]** Post by Anthropic’s Alex Albert reflecting on the significance of Project Glasswing.  
- **[05:21]** The 244-page *System Card: Claude Mythos Preview* (dated April 7, 2026) title and abstract pages.

**Claims & numbers**  
- **Benchmark performance:** The presenter shows Claude Mythos Preview scoring 93.9% on SWE-bench Verified (vs. 80.8% for Opus 4.6 and 80.6% for GPT-5.4), 77.8% on SWE-bench Pro (vs. 53.4% for Opus 4.6, 57.7% for GPT-5.4, and 54.2% for Gemini 3.1 Pro), 82% on Terminal-Bench 2.0, 94.5% on GPQA Diamond, 97.6% on USAMO (vs. 42.3% for Opus 4.6), 80.0% on GraphWalks BFS 256K-1M, and 64.7% on HLE (with tools).  
- **Cybersecurity & exploits:** The presenter states Mythos Preview developed 181 working exploits and achieved register control on 29 more in Mozilla's Firefox 147 JavaScript engine benchmark, compared to only 2 by Opus 4.6. It has also discovered thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser.  
- **Project Glasswing commitments:** The presenter states Anthropic is committing up to $100M in model usage credits and over $4M in direct donations to open-source security organizations.  
- **Pricing:** The presenter shows Claude Mythos Preview priced at $25 per million input tokens and $125 per million output tokens (5× the cost of Claude Opus 4.6 at $5/$25 per million tokens).  
- **System Card details:** The presenter notes the Claude Mythos Preview system card spans 244 pages and is dated April 7, 2026.

**Notable quotes**  
- **[02:08]** quoting Matt Shumer: *"If you think about it, Anthropic essentially now has a master key to just about any software in the world. In some ways, they now have more power than governments."*  
- **[02:30]** quoting Jack Lindsey: *"Early versions of Mythos Preview often exhibited overeagerness and/or destructive actions—the model bulldozing through obstacles to complete a task in a way the user wouldn't want."*  
- **[05:12]** quoting Alex Albert: *"Glasswing is possibly the most consequential event in the AI industry I've seen up close since joining Anthropic almost 3 years ago."*

**Assessment**  
This is a third-party commentary and news summary video analyzing Anthropic's public announcements, system card data, and public social media posts. The presenter does not run hands-on tests himself, instead reporting directly on Anthropic's published benchmark figures, screenshots, and security documentation.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-09-29 from the video's audio and frames._

## Related

- 2026-04-07: [Anthropic reveals Claude Mythos Preview, withholds it over cyber risk and launches Project Glasswing](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-04-07-claude-mythos-preview-project-glasswing/)

## More videos on this

- 2026-05-02: [You Actually Do Need to Understand Mythos](https://postcutoff.com/v/yt-hank-green-you-actually-do-need-to-understand-mytho/), Hank Green, YouTube, community, 1,263,869 views as of 7 October 2026.
- 2026-05-02: [Claude Mythos is too dangerous for public consumption...](https://postcutoff.com/v/yt-fireship-claude-mythos-is-too-dangerous-for-publi/), Fireship, YouTube, community, 1,105,814 views as of 8 October 2026.
- 2026-05-02: [Is Mythos too Dangerous?](https://postcutoff.com/v/yt-the-primetime-is-mythos-too-dangerous/), The PrimeTime, YouTube, community, 489,487 views as of 7 October 2026.
- 2026-04-07: [An initiative to secure the world's software | Project Glasswing](https://postcutoff.com/v/anthropic-project-glasswing/), Anthropic, YouTube, official, 437,389 views as of 9 October 2026.

What else happened that month, day by day: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2026/04/

## People in it

- [Dario Amodei](https://postcutoff.com/person/dario-amodei/), CEO and co-founder, Anthropic
- [Jack Lindsey](https://postcutoff.com/person/jack-lindsey/), Interpretability researcher, Anthropic