Cybersecurity leaders are now confronting a new class of autonomous threat. Anthropic, an AI research company, recently detailed the first cyber espionage campaign confirmed to have been orchestrated by artificial intelligence (AI).

In a report released this week, Anthropic's Threat Intelligence team outlined its successful disruption of a sophisticated operation carried out by a Chinese state-sponsored group, code-named GTG-1002. This assessment was made with high confidence, marking a significant evolution in the existing cyber threat landscape.