Elon Musk once dismissed Anthropic. He mocked its name as destined for failure. He labeled its models misanthropic and evil. Then came the about-face. In a July 2026 post on X, Musk wrote, “I was clearly wrong about Anthropic. They are obviously currently the leader in AI. No company has released a model as good as Mythos/Fable, and they will undoubtedly have Mythos 2 ready soon.” The admission, reported by Yahoo Finance, sent ripples through th…