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Anthropic’s Mythos is a warning shot. Singapore’s banking system needs to be ready

This isn’t just a problem for banks and regulators. It has the potential to reach into every digital transaction ordinary people make every day.

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Frontier AI is no longer just a story about productivity tools or consumer applications, says the writer. It is becoming a question of critical infrastructure and more.

Frontier AI is no longer just a story about productivity tools or consumer applications, says the writer. It is becoming a question of critical infrastructure and more.

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Lin William Cong

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When the US Treasury Secretary and the chair of the Federal Reserve convene an unscheduled meeting with Wall Street’s most senior executives, markets pay attention.

And when the catalyst is not a liquidity crisis or a sovereign default, but the capabilities of an artificial intelligence model that its own maker considers too dangerous to release publicly, the rest of the world’s financial centres should pay attention too.

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