Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson · Thursday, September 3, 2026
Ben Thompson humorously described Anthropic's release strategy for its Mythos model, suggesting a pattern of 'scaremongering' to gain attention from governments. He questioned the emphasis on the model's dangerous capabilities and noted the low adoption rate among customers.
“Like, I think they did get the payoff from their scaremongering that they wanted to get.”
“They sell like Mythos as this unbelievable scary thing that's going to take over the world.”
“I can't believe only 11% of our customers are using it or whatever the number is.”