BT to use Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to protect UK customers
Key Points
- BT has become the first UK company to confirm it has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing.
- Glasswing is security programme for critical infrastructure providers that gives access to Anthropic's frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview.
- BT says membership will strengthen cyber security for its networks and customers and improve protection against AI-driven threats.
- The news was announced by BT Chief Executive Allison Kirkby at the UK Government's AI Adoption Summit.
BT has become the first UK company to confirm it has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, gaining access to the AI developer’s frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview, in a move it says will strengthen cyber security across its networks and for its customers.
The telecoms group announced its membership at the UK Government’s AI Adoption Summit, where Chief Executive Allison Kirkby opened proceedings. The summit is intended to accelerate AI adoption across the UK economy in a safe and positive way.
Project Glasswing brings together critical infrastructure providers to protect the data and systems that underpin services millions of people rely on. According to BT, the programme allows trusted organisations to use Anthropic’s AI to identify vulnerabilities rapidly and fix them before criminals can exploit them.
BT said its membership would help it strengthen cyber security for its networks and the country, while enabling greater protection against the latest AI-driven threats for its customers.
The summit featured Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, Business Secretary Peter Kyle, Cabinet Secretary Antonia Romeo and Minister for AI and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan.
In her speech, Kirkby outlined the role of connectivity in helping the UK capture the growth potential of AI. She said that “AI only works at scale when it is underpinned by future-ready networks that are secure, resilient, safe”.
She also highlighted BT’s commitment “to working with Government to support the further development and deployment of sovereign British AI capability, so that the UK can be an AI maker and not just a taker”, adding that the company wanted to act as an “enabler of responsible adoption and a responsible adopter ourselves”.
BT said its participation in Project Glasswing reflected its role in securing UK critical national infrastructure and its position as one of the country’s leading providers of security managed services.
The company said it now prevents four million cyber-attacks across its networks every day, underlining the scale of the threat.
Jon James, Chief Executive Officer of BT Business, said AI was changing cyber security fast and that businesses needed trusted partners to help them stay ahead. “By joining Project Glasswing, BT will strengthen its own cyber security capability to protect our networks, our customers and the wider UK,” he said.
BT Business already provides AI-powered cyber security to customers of all sizes, including new products for small businesses and a recently announced collaboration with Accenture to develop advanced AI-powered cyber operations that respond to threats at machine speed.
