# Researchers make the case for a cybersecurity AI scientist > Source: > Published: 2026-07-07 06:30:18+00:00 Autonomous AI agents have started doing real security work. Language-model agents probe software for flaws, run penetration tests, and chain together attack steps that once needed a human operator. Research about security has stayed slower and more manual, built around expert scarcity and hand-designed experiments. A team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences wants to close that gap. In a recent paper, they define what they term the Cybersecurity AI Scientist. They describe a research … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/cybersecurity-ai-scientist-research/) The post [Researchers make the case for a cybersecurity AI scientist](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/cybersecurity-ai-scientist-research/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).