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# AI Wars, Safety Theatre, Money Moves
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-04-08-pm/
- Published: 2026-04-08T23:43:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-08T23:46:01.000Z
- Description: The AI safety conversation got real today as Anthropic dropped details on Mythos, its "too dangerous to release" model — while simultaneously announcing it's sharing the thing with competitors anyway.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

## Adjacent Evening Scan — April 8

The AI safety conversation got real today as Anthropic dropped details on Mythos, its "too dangerous to release" model — while simultaneously announcing it's sharing the thing with competitors anyway. Meanwhile, Bill Ackman decided Universal Music is worth $64 billion, because apparently hedge funds are the new A&R.

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$450M+

Perplexity's estimated ARR after jumping 50% in just one month.

Financial Times

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### AI Wars, Safety Theatre

#### [Anthropic Unwraps Mythos, Its Most Powerful Model Yet ](https://www.strictlyvc.com/?ref=adjacent.media)

The company says it's "too risky for public release" but is somehow safe enough to share with Apple, Google, and 45+ other organizations for vulnerability hunting. *(StrictlyVC)*

#### [Anthropic teams up with rivals to keep AI from hacking everything ](https://wired.com/?ref=adjacent.media)

Project Glasswing sounds noble until you realize they're basically crowdsourcing red-teaming for the model they won't let anyone else use. *(WIRED)*

> "Bringing down the oligarchy would be tea, but I don't know if that's feasible for a 21-year-old." — *Elon Musk's daughter Vivian Wilson in Cosmopolitan*

### Money Moves

#### [The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced ](https://ankler.com/?ref=adjacent.media)

Pershing Square's $64B bid for Universal Music Group represents a 77% premium — which either means UMG was criminally undervalued or hedge funds have completely lost the plot. *(Ankler)*

#### [Bengaluru-based KreditBee raises $280M Series E at $1.5B valuation ](https://entrackr.com/news/kreditbee-enters-unicorn-club-with-280-mn-series-e-round-11700184?ref=adjacent.media)

India's latest fintech unicorn proves there's still appetite for digital lending plays, even as regulatory scrutiny intensifies globally. *(Entrackr)*