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Supply ChainJul 2, 2026

Anthropic's AI Finds Bugs. IBM Bets $5B It Can Fix Them.

IBM invests $5B in Project Lightwell to fix open-source bugs discovered by Anthropic's Mythos AI.

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IBM and Red Hat are launching Project Lightwell with 20,000 engineers dedicated to addressing security vulnerabilities in open-source software, catalyzed by findings from Anthropic's Mythos AI bug-detection system. The initiative reflects growing concern about the open-source software supply chain's security posture and the potential role of AI in identifying and remediating widespread defects.

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