Can AI drain DeFi? Separating Claude Mythos hype from reality
Claude Mythos, Anthropic’s advanced cybersecurity model, raises concern for DeFi because AI can accelerate vulnerability discovery in public smart-contract code. DeFi is especially exposed since it holds large sums, has many new or lightly tested protocols, and attackers can study open-source code too. Still, finding a flaw is not the same as exploiting it. Real attacks often require extra planning, access, and execution steps that current AI does not reliably handle. Today’s models also produce false positives and still need human review. The more likely impact is not a DeFi collapse but an arms race: attackers gain faster research tools, while defenders also use AI to audit code, spot risks, and respond more quickly. Projects with weaker security and slow patching face the greatest risk.
