Post by @nixCraft@mastodon.social

2026-10-15 15:32 UTC

Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by Anthropic's Mythos https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/anthropic-mythos-bank-of-america-hiring-cost.html Why can't AI patch the flaws it found? Lmao. Who is gonna tell them about the bugs being created to fix these? Also note how they hired contractors and not the employees. They think fixing security is one time job. Oh, my sweet summer child.

Replies (6)

@ChampersBE@mastodon-belgium.be 2026-10-15 15:36

@nixCraft@mastodon.social Security is a process, not a product! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVCjac42zv4

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@leetNightshade@mastodon.social 2026-10-15 16:18

@nixCraft@mastodon.social I use BoA. I'm scared. 😟

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@eickot@mastodon.social 2026-10-15 18:27

@nixCraft@mastodon.social I think the point is Mythos detected this errors, and bank of america should fix them. I'm not a pro AI, I hate AI, but in this case, the flaws were there before Mythos (I think)

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@gbsills@social.vivaldi.net 2026-10-15 19:13

@nixCraft@mastodon.social Yes. The biggest threat posed by AI is the economic threat of software system shutdowns due to the 10% probabilistic errors cause funky hard to see flaws.

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@neilvandyke@mastodon.social 2026-10-15 21:48

@nixCraft@mastodon.social Even if AI were up to patching all the defects without much human supervision, a big consulting firm will make more money by supplying fleets of contractors than by reselling an AI provider. Also, banks' business involves being responsible for their own money, with lots of regulations. Banks will be more conservative about AI than a startup that needs to show growth potential for funding, an initiative to replace customer service with chatbots, or someone cheating on their homework.

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@gnoll110@ruby.social 2026-10-16 05:06

@nixCraft@mastodon.social No eating your own dog food* here. * You built it, you get the joy of maintaining it.

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