When a new AI capability starts making headlines, I see the same pattern play out in boardrooms and executive staff meetings. The technology is introduced as a looming breakthrough for attackers. The conversation quickly shifts to worst-case scenarios. Then security leaders are asked some version of the same question: Are we suddenly exposed in ways we were not exposed before?
My answer is usually no.
In most organizations, the bigger issue is not that a frontier model such as Mythos will magically create a new category of risk overnight. It is that these models can accelerate work on both sides of the cybersecurity equation. Attackers may use them to move faster, but defenders can use them ...