While leading US artificial intelligence developers such as Anthropic and OpenAI unveil new models with enhanced cybersecurity capabilities, China is also aggressively scaling up its own AI-driven cyber defence market.Anthropic’s Mythos, launched in April, sparked a rapid global response due to its ability to discover and exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities with unprecedented speed and efficiency.“Our assessment is that China’s own Mythos will definitely emerge, though currently the overall capabilities of its cybersecurity models are far from those of Mythos,” said Austin Zhao, senior research manager at China" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="20354" data-entity-type="organization">IDC China. “But the overall trend is inevitable because the capabilities of China’s models are also rapidly increasing.”
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China scrambles to close AI security gap as Anthropic, OpenAI pull ahead with new models
China is accelerating its development of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions in response to advancements by US companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Anthropic's new model, Mythos, launched in April, has demonstrated a significant ability to identify and exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities quickly.
Vincent ChowSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-10 · 03:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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China is accelerating its development of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions in response to advancements by US companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Anthropic's new model, Mythos, launched in April, has demonstrated a significant ability to identify and exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities quickly. While Chinese cybersecurity AI models currently lag behind those of their US counterparts, their capabilities are rapidly improving. Experts anticipate China will eventually develop its own comparable models, driven by the inevitable trend of increasing AI capabilities in the cybersecurity sector. This competition highlights a global race to enhance AI-driven cyber defense.
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China's own Mythos will emerge, but its current cybersecurity model capabilities are far from those of Anthropic's Mythos.
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The overall trend of China's AI model capabilities rapidly increasing is inevitable.
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Leading US AI developers like Anthropic and OpenAI are unveiling new models with enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.
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Anthropic’s Mythos, launched in April, can discover and exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
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China is aggressively scaling up its AI-driven cyber defence market.
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