Mythos Unleashed: Anthropic's AI Exposes 271 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Mozilla has revealed a groundbreaking achievement in automated security research, disclosing that Anthropic’s Mythos AI model successfully identified 271 zero-day vulnerabilities within Firefox 150. This performance has led leadership to declare that modern AI is now every bit as capable as the world’s top-tier security researchers. The success of Mythos highlights a significant shift in how software vulnerabilities are detected, moving toward a future where large language models proactively harden code against potential exploits at a scale and speed previously unattainable by humans alone.