If a master tactician wanted to further competitive narratives vs a potential IPO, you would be hard pressed to find a better idea than Claude Mythos... and now formally confirmed to be too dangerous to release GA, instead only restricted to 40 partners under an urgent new “Project GlassWing”
This is a masterclass in narrative engineering. The 'too dangerous to release' claim serves a dual purpose: it creates a powerful safety narrative for Anthropic while simultaneously manufacturing scarcity and an exclusive 'private frontier' dynamic, which is a brilliant non-obvious strategic move to justify closed access and high valuation.