Inline Insights

Throughout March and early April 2026, rumours swirled that leading AI firm Anthropic was developing a tool with unprecedented cyber capabilities. Early indications suggested it would be able to identify — and potentially exploit — technological vulnerabilities in ways not only highly sophisticated but impossible to anticipate through traditional cybersecurity paradigms. Some speculated this would spell the doom of entire swathes of the $200bn+ global cybersecurity industry, or even upend the traditional financial systems on which incalculable numbers of people depend.