FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is studying defences against cyberattacks powered by artificial intelligence model Mythos but, like the rest of Europe, it is at a disadvantage because it lacks access to it, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Friday.

"I can assure you that from our perspective as ECB, we are trying to elaborate and identify what defence we should have in place in case this is accessed by a malign state actor or malign actors," she added.