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Anthropic reportedly uses an internal system called Mythos with superpersuasion capabilities in recruitment conversations to secure new hires

Comments instead credit tens of millions in compensation for attracting researchers.

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OPBrendan Dolan-Gavitt#812Brendan Dolan-Gavitt@MOYIX

Word on the street is that Anthropic cracked superpersuasion. So now when they want to poach someone they just say “hey, want to try chatting with Mythos?” and 30 minutes later they’re giving their 2 weeks notice and reading up on shrimp welfare

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Adrien Ecoffet#719@ADRIENLE
REPLYYo Shavit#638Yo Shavit@YONASHAV

@moyix @allTheYud the real secret to superpersuasion was “giving your mark tens of millions of dollars”

Brendan Dolan-GavittBrendan Dolan-Gavitt@moyix

Word on the street is that Anthropic cracked superpersuasion. So now when they want to poach someone they just say “hey, want to try chatting with Mythos?” and 30 minutes later they’re giving their 2 weeks notice and reading up on shrimp welfare

6:17 PM · May 19, 2026 · 68.7K Views
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