{
  "id": 116173,
  "title": "Musk: Anthropic CEO dug his own grave by telling everyone that Mythos is super scary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/musk-anthropic-ceo-dug-his-own-grave-by-telling-everyone-that-mythos",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-03T11:56:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/elon-musk-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-dug-his-own-grave-by-telling-everyone-that-mythos-is-super-scary-you-literally-tell-them-to-be-scared-and-then-you-release-the-scary-thing/articleshow/132830843.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elon Musk has criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for putting himself in a difficult position by describing their Mythos model as \"super scary\" and \"terrifying\". Musk argued that Amodei's own words caused fear among the public, leading to widespread alarm over their impending release of the model. When asked about the impact of AI on various jobs, Musk expressed concern that AI would eventually surpass human capabilities, using the example of software engineering where AI is already outperforming 90% of human programmers. He likened AI's potential to Stockfish, the chess program that can easily beat world champion Magnus Carlsen.",
  "summary": "Elon Musk believes Dario Amodei scared people about AI's Mythos model. He stated that AI will soon perform all digital jobs better than humans. Software engineering jobs are already significantly impacted by advanced AI capabilities. Musk compared AI's future software writing prowess to Stockfish's chess dominance. He foresees a challenging period as AI integration accelerates across industries.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}