Microsoft unveils Project Perception and MAI-Cyber-1-Flash; claims new cybersecurity AI model beats Gemini and GPT on vulnerability detection while cutting costs by 50%

Microsoft has unveiled Project Perception, a new agentic cybersecurity system, alongside MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first AI model built specifically for software vulnerability analysis. The company claims that the new cybersecurity model outperforms Gemini and GPT on vulnerability-detection benchmarks while reducing operational costs by 50%.

The announcements come as Microsoft says AI is changing the pace and scale of cyberattacks, requiring security teams to move beyond traditional approaches.