Advanced artificial intelligence models could pose a new risk to the global financial system. This was stated by the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, speaking to journalists in Brussels.
According to her, such technologies have great beneficial potential, but in the hands of malicious actors, they can turn into a tool for attacks on banks, markets, and financial infrastructure. The announcement of Anthropic's AI model Mythos has attracted particular attention from supervisory authorities.
We understand that Mythos is just the beginning; there will be more such models.
Georgieva noted that financial regulators are already on high alert. This is not just about protecting individual banks or services: the global financial system is interconnected between countries, so a vulnerability in one place can create risks for other market participants.
Against this backdrop, the head of the IMF urged states to increase spending on cyber defense and cooperate more actively with each other. According to her, it is especially important to establish interaction between developed and developing countries, as a weak link in one part of the system can be used against everyone.
If there is a serious weakness somewhere, it will definitely be exploited.
