Evening 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.

AI Wars, Safety Theatre

Anthropic Unwraps Mythos, Its Most Powerful Model Yet 

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 

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 

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 

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