The Download: How AI really works, and phasing out animal testing

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s AI to conduct an espionage campaign   
It automated a number of attacks on corporations and governments in September. (WSJ $)
+ The AI was able to handle the majority of the hacking workload itself. (NYT $)
+ Cyberattacks by AI agents are coming. (MIT Technology Review)

2 Blue Origin successfully launched and landed its New Glenn rocket
It managed to deploy…