Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?
THE SO WHAT
Frontier labs throttling Mythos access under a safety and IP narrative tells you the new moat is controlled exposure, not just model weights. If your product depends on frontier APIs, you’re renting not just compute but policy risk—build a diversification plan now.
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