Crypto projects apply for Anthropic’s new frontier AI security scanner

What happened

Ethereum client developer Nethermind and Bitcoin and Lightning wallet (the software or device that holds the keys to someone’s crypto) ZEUS are among several crypto companies to apply for a newly launched Anthropic program that gives open-source projects access to security reports from its most powerful AI models. The projects submitted enrollment requests on Friday for OSS Scanner, which Anthropic launched on Thursday with the aim of helping open-source developers find and fix vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them. Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, and its products and services include Claude and Claude Code.

Cybersecurity experts have warned that uneven access could leave defenders at a disadvantage as powerful alternatives become more widely available. None of the pull requests had been merged at the time of publication.

Anthropic’s new opt-in service promises vulnerability reports from its strongest AI models, including Claude Mythos. The applications come as crypto firms push for access to frontier AI models to defend against increasingly capable attackers.

Anthropic said OSS Scanner is an opt-in service that follows its work on Project Glasswing. OSS Scanner will deliver vulnerability reports to participating projects as soon as their code has been scanned.

Key facts

• Anthropic’s new opt-in service promises vulnerability — reports: from its strongest AI models, including Claude Mythos
• OSS Scanner will deliver vulnerability — reports: to participating projects as soon as their code has been scanned