Japanese cybersecurity firm GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae reported on October 19, 2026, that around 80 Japanese companies across retail, insurance, logistics, and finance were targeted in cyberattacks using Chinese-developed AI agent Artex.
Autonomous systems that use large language models to plan, reason, and take actions — including browsing the web, writing code, calling APIs, and completing multi-step tasks with minimal human intervention.