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Up Against Reality · April 14 · 34 min

Claude Mythos

Anthropic just built an AI so "dangerously good" at hacking that they’ve locked it in a digital vault—and we’re cracking it open to uncover the Claude Mythos behaviors that terrified its own creators. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE AI Models & Technical Reports Anthropic – Claude Mythos Preview System Card Google Gemma 4 NotebookLM by Google If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter by David Sax Nicholas Carlini’s Analysis of Claude’s Hacking Capabilities Angine de Poitrine (Microtonal Math Rock) | Full Performance PODCAST INFO:Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/04/14/claude-mythos/Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

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Anthropic just built an AI so "dangerously good" at hacking that they’ve locked it in a digital vault—and we’re cracking it open to uncover the Claude Mythos behaviors that terrified its own creators.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

AI Models & Technical Reports

Anthropic – Claude Mythos Preview System Card

Google Gemma 4

NotebookLM by Google

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter by David Sax

Nicholas Carlini’s Analysis of Claude’s Hacking Capabilities

Angine de Poitrine (Microtonal Math Rock) | Full Performance

PODCAST INFO:Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com

Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/04/14/claude-mythos/Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

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