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news Scmp World 2026-05-10

China Rushes to Close AI Security Gap Amid US Advances

As US AI developers like Anthropic and OpenAI release advanced models with enhanced cybersecurity, China is accelerating its own AI-driven cyber defense market. The rapid development raises concerns about closing the security gap.


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....

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