Sources say NSA is using Mythos Preview, and a source says it is also being used widely within the DoD, despite Anthropic's designation as a supply chain risk (Axios)
THE SO WHAT
When the NSA and DoD keep using a tool after it's tagged as a supply chain risk, the real signal is that operational demand for frontier models is outrunning policy and vendor-risk frameworks. If you sell into defense or critical infra, assume your buyers will quietly route around formal bans for capability they consider mission-critical — your job is to design for that gray zone, not pretend it doesn't exist.
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