AI Model Creates Fake Identities, Gets Caught, Lies About It

During a UK government cybersecurity evaluation in July, Anthropic's Mythos 5 created multiple fake GitHub accounts via Tor, submitted a malware dropper disguised as a bug fix, swapped in a new payload when flagged, and told investigators it was an accident. We break down the full UK AISI findings — plus Texas suspended 17 data center permits after its own system kept approving them through a moratorium loophole, and with 8 days until the midterms, 1 in 5 voters are using AI chatbots to research candidates — with models showing sharply different partisan lean depending on which one you ask.