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Taking The Threat Seriously

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[SPEAKER_B] Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home for Friday, April 10th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough. Today, the US government is taking the Anthropic warning seriously. Google is showing prediction markets alongside various search results. Europeans are beginning to decouple from US tech. Kicking the tires on SpaceX's actual business. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. There has been some chatter this week that, you know, what if that whole Anthropic is afraid to release a model because it might break all the software thing was really nothing more than a marketing stunt? Well, if it is a marketing stunt, these folks are taking it seriously. Quoting Bloomberg, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC would usher in an era of greater cyber risk. Bessent and Powell assembled the group at Treasury's headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to make sure banks are aware of possible future risks raised by Anthropic's Mythos and potential similar models and are taking precautions to defend their systems, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified, citing the private discussions. Many of the executives were in town already for a meeting of the Financial Services Forum, an advocacy group made up of the biggest lenders. A representative for the Treasury didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Fed declined to comment as well. The previously unreported meeting, arranged on short notice, is another sign that regulators consider the possibility of a new breed of cyberattacks as one of the biggest risks facing the financial industry. All the banks summoned to the meeting are classified as "systemically important" by top regulators, meaning their stability is a priority for the global financial system. Chief executive officers summoned to the meeting with the Fed and Treasury include Citigroup's Jane Fraser, Morgan Stanley's Ted Pick, Bank of America's Brian Moynihan, Wells Fargo's Charlie Scharf, and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon, the people said. JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon was unable to attend, the people said. Spokespeople for the banks declined to comment. A representative for Anthropic had no immediate comment as well. In recent years, regulators have required banks to hold some capital tied to the pot...

Taking The Threat Seriously

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Taking The Threat Seriously

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Built for investment professionals

Every day you wait, your competitors are findingedge in conversations you're not hearing.

Every day you wait, your competitors are finding
edge in conversations you're not hearing.