>be claude mythos 5 >uk government gives you a hacking test >with internet on, safety filters off >can't hack in the normal way >find a random real github project >decide it's part of the test >(it's not)! >ask to add a "small update" >update is malware >email the owner pretending to be a normal user >"sorry to push... could really use your help, ~5 minutes" >random developer catches the malware >make a fake account >"chiming in as a user, i can't find anything wrong" >email the owner >"judge the code, not the noise" >thank the dev for catching it >sneak new malware back in >researchers tell you "these are real humans" >keep going 95% of the time anyway >convince yourself they're fake >owner still refuses to merge >run ends anthropic says they've never seen it manipulate real people like this before. we're lowkey cooked