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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic’s AI Used by Chinese Hackers in Cyberattacks

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Baidu unveils new AI chips. Disney’s streaming services see subscriber growth. And Verizon plans to cut about 15,000 jobs. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.8

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. We are exclusively

0:39.7

reporting that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Anthropics AI technology to automate cyber

0:45.9

attacks. The company said today that during a September hacking campaign, the AI was used to automate

0:51.6

break-ins of roughly 30 targets, including major corporations and

0:55.8

foreign governments. Anthropics' head of threat intelligence said 80 to 90% of each attack was

1:02.2

automated, with humans only intervening in a handful of decision points. Anthropic disrupted the

1:07.9

campaigns and blocked the hacker's accounts, but not before as many as

1:11.8

four intrusions were successful. The company said the U.S. government wasn't the victim of a

1:17.6

successful intrusion. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington didn't immediately respond to a

1:23.0

request for comment. China has denied involvement in hacking campaigns.

1:33.9

Baidu has unveiled two AI chips as part of a ramp-up in chipmaking efforts by Chinese tech giants amid the country's push for technological self-sufficiency.

1:38.1

Baidu announced today it plans to launch the M-100 chip next year, which will be mainly used

1:43.0

for large-scale inferencing. Baidu is also set to release the M-300 chip next year, which will be mainly used for large-scale inferencing.

1:45.0

Baidu is also set to release the M-300 chip in 2027, designed to focus on ultra-large-scale

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