OUR AI AGENT BIG SLEEP HELPED US DETECT AND FOIL AN IMMINENT EXPLOIT

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Big Sleep is an AI agent developed by Google DeepMind and Google Project Zero that actively searches and finds unknown security vulnerabilities in software. It recently helped Google detect and foil an imminent exploit - possibly a first for an AI agent. Big Sleep is being deployed to help improve the security of widely used open-source projects. AI cybersecurity agents will help free up security teams so they can focus on high-complexity threats, dramatically scaling their impact and reach.