NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns
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NHS England has ordered its public GitHub repositories to be temporarily set to private by May 11, citing fears that advanced AI models like Anthropic's Mythos could ingest and infer sensitive source code, architecture, and configuration details; officials call the change a temporary cybersecurity measure while the organisation assesses AI-related risks, and experts debate whether closing repos meaningfully reduces exposure given existing archives and supply-chain vulnerabilities.
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