China is closing in on the US in the AI race after the superpower developed its cybersecurity capabilities to match those of its American rivals.

Beijing-based tech firms 360 Security Technology and Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, have narrowed the gap with American competitors when it comes to finding bugs.

360 Security Chief Executive Zhou Hongyi told a cybersecurity conference in the Chinese capital that the company’s bug-finding tool, called Tulongfeng, is now comparable to Anthropic’s Mythos, which serves the same function.

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