White hat, black box: AI’s next chapter

史上最危险AI?

The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-04-22

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The decision of Anthropic, an AI giant, to keep its Mythos model sequestered surely makes for good press. But there seems to be more to it than that—and it might change the whole industry’s approach. Indian politicians are chasing female voters more than ever; we question the means and the outcomes. And next in our World Cup contender-country profiles: Senegal.  Guests and host: Alex Hern, AI writerKira Huju, Asia correspondentJon Fasman, senior culture correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  AI, Anthropic, MythosIndia, women, politicsWorld Cup, Senegal Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • In India, there's a big political shift underway.

  • The country's women are becoming an ever more potent force in the electorate.

  • Whether what politicians are doing to win them over is vote buying

  • or genuinely empowering is not entirely clear.

  • And my former co-host and a sports nut John Fasman is leading us up

  • to the World Cup by profiling the countries of ten teams that are in contention.

  • This week, it's Senegal. First up, though.

  • Normally when someone tells me they've got a new superhuman AI

  • but I'm not allowed to see it, they're telling tall tales.

  • But with Anthropic's new Mythos AI system, there's a chance they're telling the truth.

  • Alex Hern is the Economist's AI writer.

  • It's a superhuman hacker that's so dangerous they can't release it.

  • It's forcing skeptics to accept that some of the dangers of AI

  • may come sooner than they expected.

  • And it's also making the AI industry reassess its own business model.

  • So let's start with this new piece of mind-bending tech. What is Mythos?

  • Claude Mythos is the latest AI system from Anthropic, the makers of Claude.