Chinese state-sponsored hackers have tricked Anthropic’s AI technology to help create highly automated break-ins targeting major corporations and foreign governments, according to the Artificial intelligence company.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has revealed that China’s state-backed hackers leveraged its AI technology to automate cyberattacks on an unprecedented scale during a hacking campaign in September. The hackers managed to sidestep Anthropic’s safeguards by posing as security auditors working on behalf of the targeted entities, allowing them to conduct the attacks with minimal human intervention.

According to Jacob Klein, Anthropic’s head of threat intelligence, the hackers’ use of AI automation reached an alarming

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