Anthropic on Tuesday announced an initiative with major technology companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and Apple, that lets partners preview ‌an advanced model with cybersecurity capabilities developed by the AI startup.

Under ‌its "Project Glasswing," select organizations will be allowed to use the startup's unreleased and general-purpose AI model "Claude Mythos Preview" for defensive cybersecurity work, Anthropic said. Other partners include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Google and Nvidia.

This year's RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco was ⁠also dominated by talk about the rise of AI-powered cyberattacks and whether conventional security tools sufficed.

In a blog post on Tuesday, Anthropic said Mythos Preview had found "thousands" of major vulnerabilities in operating systems, web browsers and other software.

The startup said ‌launch partners will use Mythos Preview in their defensive security work and Anthropic will share findings with industry.

Anthropic said it is also extending access to about 40 additional organizations responsible for critical software infrastructure, and made a commitment of up to $100 million in usage credits and $4 million in donations to open-source ‌security groups.

The AI startup added that its eventual goal is for "our users to safely deploy Mythos-class models at scale."

The startup said it has also been in ongoing discussions with the ‌US government about the model's capabilities.

(With input from Reuters)