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Data Points: Hackers Break Into Claude Mythos; OpenAI Launches Cybersecurity Rival; Maine Data Center Moratorium; McClatchy AI Backlash

A small group of unauthorized users gained access to Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos cybersecurity model via Discord coordination and insider knowledge, raising questions about securing high-risk AI systems. OpenAI responded to the competitive landscape by launching GPT-5.4-Cyber, a vetted-access model for defensive cybersecurity tasks. Maine passed the first U.S. state moratorium on large AI data centers over 20MW, pending the governor's signature. McClatchy's deployment of a Claude-powered content scaling agent triggered newsroom backlash over attribution, consent, and AI disclosure standards.