Bank of America Hires 1,000 Contractors to Fix AI-Discovered Vulnerabilities
Bank of America hired 1,000 external contractors in the second quarter to help internal staff fix software vulnerabilities uncovered by advanced AI models like Anthropic's Mythos. This case highlights the operational challenges and human-in-the-loop demands placed on major enterprises when cutting-edge AI accelerates vulnerability discovery far beyond traditional remediation capacity. The contractors work alongside 3,000 internal employees, while the bank's third-quarter spending on vulnerability remediation and anti-money laundering compliance exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars.
## BACKGROUND
Anthropic's Mythos is an advanced frontier AI model that has raised security and capability concerns, leading to restricted testing programs like Project Glasswing. Software vulnerabilities are flaws in computer code that can be exploited by malicious actors to compromise system security.