The UK’s AI Safety Institute tested Claude Mythos and found its ability to uncover security flaws scales directly with the number of tokens spent. This creates a simple economic model: defenders must outspend attackers on AI-driven reviews to stay secure. It also boosts the value of open source libraries, since multiple users can share the cost of token-based audits.

• UK AI Safety Institute confirmed vulnerability discovery scales directly with tokens spent using Claude Mythos Preview
• Security becomes a spending race: defenders must outspend attackers on token-driven audits to stay ahead
• Open source libraries gain outsized value since audit costs get shared across all downstream users
• Falling token costs and improving AI efficiency make shared/communal security audits progressively cheaper