360 Security unveils AI tools to rival Anthropic's Mythos

A Chinese cybersecurity firm has unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence tools it claims rival the capabilities of a powerful U.S. system, signaling a new front in the global competition for AI-powered cyber capabilities. 360 Security Technology announced the tools at the ISC.AI 2026 conference in Beijing on Wednesday, June III.

The company’s founder, Zhou Hongyi, introduced the two systems under the collective banner “Yitian Tulong,” a name inspired by a classic Chinese martial arts novel. The primary tool, Tulongfeng, is designed to automatically discover software vulnerabilities, a function directly mirroring that of Anthropic’s Mythos system. A second tool, Yitianzhen, focuses on automating cyber defense and incident response.

Zhou framed the development as a strategic necessity for China’s national security, arguing the country cannot afford to be without equivalent technology. He described systems like Mythos as a “cyber nuclear weapon” and a “powerful weapon that can change the landscape of cyber offence and defence” that “cannot be held only by others.” He warned of a “one-way transparency” problem, where U.S. entities could use such technology to probe Chinese...