Health Records Company Uses AI To Fight Against AI

The U.S.’ largest medical records hub is utilizing artificial intelligence to detect security vulnerabilities and prevent bots from hacking into their system.

As more AI companies continue to announce examples of their technology going rogue and breaching data, Epic Systems — a private healthcare software company that holds the medical records of millions of patients — is utilizing Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI agent to hunt for security weaknesses, according to a Wednesdayreport from the New York Times (NYT).

Epic Systems announced on Sept. 22 it was pausing further technology development to focus on tightening up loose entry-points in their cybersecurity.

Representatives from Epic Systems and Anthropic each did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

Judy Faulkner, Epic’s chief executive, spoke at Modern Healthcare’s Leadership Summit on Sept. 22and said the company was focusing on a security weakness and implementing a six-week protective measures plan.

“You worry that after a month and a half of working almost primarily on safeguarding the software, that new things will be created by those who are trying to bust the software, and it will be in a never-ending cycle,” Faulkner said according to the NYT.

Epic holds the private health records of over 325 million patients and works with hundreds of different hospitals around the world, according