Bank of America assigns 4,000 people to fix software flaws flagged by AI models

Bank of America has hired 1,000 external contractors to help fix software vulnerabilities identified by AI models including Anthropic’s Mythos, according to a Techub brief citing CNBC. The bank’s total workforce involved in the remediation effort has reached 4,000 people. The report points to a concrete use case for AI inside large financial institutions: finding software weaknesses that still require a substantial human response to patch. In this case, Bank of America is not only relying on internal staff, but also bringing in outside contractors to handle the workload tied to the vulnerabilities the models surfaced. The brief did not disclose what systems were affected, how many vulnerabilities were found, or how long the remediation work is expected to take. It only stated the contractor count, the total number of people involved, and that AI models such as Anthropic’s Mythos were used to identify the issues.