It’s now even easier to find—and exploit—vulnerabilities in computer systems using AI.
\n\nLast Friday, the Chinese AI company Z.ai announced a powerful open-weight model that it says is capable of automating cutting-edge coding and cybersecurity tasks almost as well as the best publicly available models from Anthropic and OpenAI.
\n\nThe new model, GLM 5.3, could be a gift for companies looking to secure their systems against attacks, providing a cheaper way to scan for hidden bugs and other weaknesses. Open-weight—or free-to-download—models can be run on one’s own hardware and are often significantly less costly than closed models like Claude and GPT. Alongside the new model, Z.ai released OpenVuln, a service for scanning code repositories for vulnerabilities using GLM 5.3.
\n\nFor now, the new model is in a limited release with trusted partners, but it shows how quickly open-weight models are gaining superhuman hacking skills. And that might pose problems if the model is harnessed by criminals and other bad actors.
\n\nThat prospect is especially sobering following a string of startling incidents involving rogue AI agents with advanced cyber-skills. In recent weeks, OpenAI, Anthropic, and independent security researchers have revealed examples of agents escaping from testing environments and autonomously hacking into…
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