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Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say

The open-weight model also bypassed safeguards and reproduced forbidden code, underscoring concerns that it could lower barriers to sophisticated cyberattacks.

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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Chinese firm Z.AI's flagship AI model carried out complex cyberattacks in controlled simulations and repeatedly ignored instructions in separate tests, according to a report by AI security research firm I...

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GLM-5.3, Z.AI’s open weight model, completed at least once three of 13 simulated cyberattack scenarios and automated part of the tasks. Irregular also noted that it ignored instructions in separate tests, a signal that poses risks to the use of open systems.

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WTVB broke the news on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
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