Chinese hackers used AI to conduct large-scale cyberattack

 Anthropic said Thursday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its AI coding tool to conduct a “large-scale” cyberattack with limited human involvement. 

The hackers used AI’s agentic capabilities to target roughly 30 entities, including large tech firms, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies and government agencies, according to a report from the AI firm. A handful of the attempted intrusions were successful, it noted. Read more.