They never said Mythos was an imminent threat to civilization. You are constructing a straw man.
It's the party line so people forget the week it actually happened - anthropic said they would work with DoD/DoW but with two conditions:
1. Kill orders from ai decisions had to go through a human 2. The govt couldn't use their models for illegal surveillance of Americans
Hegseth threw a fit, Trump called them traitors and a supply chain risk, openai said they wouldn't require those restrictions and got all the contracts.
Both companies are corrupt and dangerously reckless and have doomsaying advertising (50% of jobs destroyed vs money won't have meaning anymore). One didnt kiss the ring correctly.
They said it was too dangerous to release before the companies that run internet for civilization could patch the holes it was finding.
That's a threat to civilization.