The global AI arms race has officially crossed into the realm of automated cyber warfare. Chinese cybersecurity giant 360 Security Technology has unveiled Tulongfeng, a multi-agent swarm system designed explicitly as a domestic countermeasure to Anthropic’s locked-down "Mythos" exploit-hunter. Meanwhile, a provocative new research paper is challenging the tech industry's obsession with the "agent" label, arguing that most modern AI workflows are just clever automated tools rather than independent actors.

We’ll talk about:

• 360 Security launching "Yitian Tulong," a dual-system release featuring Tulongfeng for autonomous bug-hunting and Yitianzhen for automated incident response.
• South Korean tech giants committing a staggering $900 billion to AI infrastructure and memory fabs to battle the severe glo ...