The technology chief of ServiceNow, a workflow automation software company, has voiced concerns over the "Mythos incident." He warned that if China catches up with Mythos, the artificial intelligence (AI) model unveiled by Anthropic, and releases its core source code, the risk of cyber hacking could rise rapidly.
Pat Casey, ServiceNow's chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president of DevOps, which integrates development and operations, met with Seoul Economic Daily in Las Vegas on Tuesday. "Whether or not Mythos is officially released, China could publish the code as open source within six months, and the problems would spread rapidly across the entire industry," Casey said.
Mythos boasts the strongest security performance to date, but if that capability is exploited for hacking, it could lead to serious personal data leaks and system paralysis. For this reason, Anthropic has provided the Mythos preview only to select government agencies and major banks.
However, industry observers believe Chinese AI firms could replicate a Mythos-level model through indirect methods, much as DeepSeek previously built up its model capabilities by collecting and training on ChatGPT outputs on a massive scale. In particular, if Chinese AI firms release the core source code produced through such methods, hacking groups could exploit it.
"Within the industry, some view Mythos as similar to previous models, while others see it as a model that could realistically deliver a major shock. I believe it will actually create significant waves," he said. Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), said in a Fox News interview the same day that the administration is reviewing an executive order to establish a verification system for new AI models like Mythos, a decision that reflects concerns similar to Casey's.
"There was a large batch of patches in Firefox recently all at once," Casey said. "That means the cycle from vulnerability discovery to hacker exploitation has become very short." He added, "If we don't adopt automated tools to address the problem, the situation could spiral out of control."
Casey predicted that workflow automation platforms will become the core of the software market. "The United States, as well as Korea and Japan, are transitioning to labor-constrained economies," he said. "Automation allows people to do much more. That is ServiceNow's fundamental goal."
