AI Models from Anthropic and OpenAI Enable Digital Missile Threats

Advances in artificial‑intelligence programming have made it possible to automatically discover and exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed. Five critical Linux flaws were disclosed in 2026, affecting the operating system that runs roughly 77 % of global servers. Companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI have seen their models, originally created to aid coding, repurposed for rapid, autonomous hacking, prompting restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude‑derived “Mythos” model and limiting public access to its “Fable” model after U.S. authorities raised security concerns. The capability to turn a cyber breach into an immediate, missile‑like response is being described as a new, digital weapon, raising alarm among intelligence agencies and governments worldwide.