China's 360 launches AI cyber tools to rival Anthropic Mythos

Economic Times, citing Reuters, reported that China's 360 Security Technology has launched Yitian Tulong, a set of AI vulnerability-detection tools meant to compete with systems such as Anthropic's Mythos. Founder Zhou Hongyi framed the release as a national-security issue and argued that China needs comparable AI cyber capabilities rather than relying on one-way transparency from U.S. labs. The company says its Tulongfeng tool can identify software flaws to help reduce cyber risk.

Key details: Published June 24, 2026 at 19:03 IST, 360 Security Technology launched Yitian Tulong, The tools are positioned against U.S. AI cyber systems such as Anthropic Mythos, The company says Tulongfeng identifies software flaws.

Why it matters: AI cyber models are becoming a geopolitical capability race; a Chinese Mythos-style system makes model access, export controls, and vulnerability discovery more strategically sensitive.