One unreleased AI model just triggered a global financial emergency 😳🚨; AI Agents started opening bank accounts now 🤖🏦
FinTech is Eating the World, 14 April
Hey Everyone,
Good morning & happy Tuesday! Today’s issue is super exciting because we’re diving into how one unreleased AI model has triggered a global financial emergency (why Claude Mythos prompted the US Treasury, the Fed, the Bank of Canada, and UK financial regulators to hold emergency meetings with their largest banks, where the biggest risks are & what’s next + bonus deep dive into Anthropic’s leaked Claude source code & how I turned Claude Code into my 10X engineer), and AI Agents that now started opening bank accounts (how banking FinTech Meow turned its entire banking stack into a promptable tool for Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini, why it’s interesting & what it tells us about the future + bonus deep dives into AI moves & strategies from Visa, Ramp, Stripe, and a full guide on how to build your first AI Agent from scracth inside). So let’s just jump straight into the interesting stuff 🌶️
One unreleased AI model just triggered a global financial emergency 😳🚨
The BIG News 🗞️ Within 72 hours of Anthropic’s latest AI release, the US Treasury, the Fed, the Bank of Canada, and UK financial regulators all convened emergency meetings with their largest banks.
Not about rates. Not about liquidity. About a single AI model 🤖
On April 8, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell pulled the CEOs of Citi C 0.00%↑, Goldman GS 0.00%↑, Morgan Stanley MS 0.00%↑, Bank of America BAC 0.00%↑, and Wells Fargo WFC 0.00%↑ into a closed-door session at Treasury headquarters. By Friday, the Bank of Canada had assembled its own banks and regulators. The Bank of England, the FCA, and HM Treasury are now coordinating with the National Cyber Security Centre, with a meeting of leading British banks, insurers, and exchanges expected within two weeks.
Three countries, three separate convenings, one cause: Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, announced April 7, can reportedly autonomously discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser.
Let’s take a quick look at this, understand why it matters, and what to expect next.
