SED News: Anthropic’s Mythos, Supply Chain Hacks, and the AI Spending Surge

SED News: Anthropic’s Mythos, Supply Chain Hacks, and the AI Spending Surge

From Software Engineering Daily by Software Engineering Daily

May 7, 2026 · 53 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Anthropic's security model and its implications, along with recent industry layoffs and supply chain issues.

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover Anthropic’s controversial “Mythos” security model and what it means for vulnerability discovery at scale. They also discuss recent layoffs

People in this episode

Hosts: Gregor Vand, Sean Falconer

Topics covered

  • AI security
  • software engineering
  • tech industry news
  • vulnerability discovery
  • supply chain hacks
  • layoffs

Keywords

  • Anthropic
  • Mythos
  • security model
  • vulnerability discovery
  • supply chain hacks
  • AI spending
  • tech layoffs

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Organizations: Anthropic, Silicon Valley

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