"We look forward to making Mythos-class models available through general release"

I don't understand Anthropic's strategy regarding Mythos.

On the one hand, everyone is saying that Mythos has achieved the expected quality and is finding bugs and exploits that no other model has ever found.

On the other hand, precisely for this reason, Anthropic has repeatedly stated that it's "too powerful for release."

Why the sudden about-face? One explanation: PR. The preview, including a benchmark, combined with the statement that the model wouldn't be released due to its power, generated a lot of attention. But does Anthropic really need that?

Anthropic is so significant because they primarily serve enterprises. Their biggest problem: compute. Too many want Claude, too little compute to support it adequately. Therefore, this PR move wasn't necessary, and the IPO is still in the near future.

In short: it seems downright erratic to now do the exact opposite of what was stated.

Be that as it may, once the guardrails are in place and there is general availability, SWEs will receive a significant boost. Judging by the benchmarks, nothing even comes close to the myth so far.