Berntsen praised Anthropic's Mythos model as a "leapfrog change".

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15/04/2026
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Besent stated that the Mythos large-scale model of Anthropic is a "step-change" in American artificial intelligence capabilities and its relative technological advantage over other countries. Besent made the remarks at an event, comparing this advancement to exponential growth and stating that it will be "extremely difficult to catch up" in the future.