When This “Red Boy” Grows Up, AI-Based Tool 360GPT Could Give China an Edge in Cyber Conflict
Will 360GPT boost Qihoo 360’s network defense capability? It is still too early to tell, but company founder and CEO Zhou Hongyi has been a key tech tycoon honing China's cyber warfare readiness.
On April 6, Zhou Hongyi (周鸿祎), the founder, and CEO of Qihoo 360, the largest cyber security company in China, boasted at a local digital development forum that the company’s 360 Brain of Security, allegedly “the world’s largest distributed intelligence security system,” will incorporate Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, to defend clients against network attacks. Zhou touted GPT as a productivity enhancement tool that will unleash a new industrial revolution. Indeed, he said, all software, applications, and websites ought to be reinvented with GPT’s capability. Zhou revealed that Qihoo 360 has the world’s largest pool of security big data. This data advantage, together with GPT’s knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability and the company’s existing Brain of Security system, will enable Quihoo 360 to excel in defending clients against network attacks in the future.
Meet 360GPT, the Red Boy
Zhou Hongyi is the first Chinese tech tycoon wh…
