AI Access as a Currency: Mythos Illuminates Scarcity Economics

Anthropic’s Mythos was released to a small set of customers to test for vulnerabilities, signaling that access to frontier AI models could become a critical bottleneck. The limited distribution—plus big credits offered to testers—highlights how scarce computing resources may shape pricing, eligibility, and competitive advantage, potentially slowing AI take‑off even as it raises profit margins for model makers and heightens cybersecurity concerns.