MICROSOFT ESCALATES THE AI SECURITY RACE WITH ‘PROJECT PERCEPTION' AND A NEW IN-HOUSE MODEL

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Microsoft's Project Perception is an AI cybersecurity system that coordinates red, blue, and green team agents to defend against AI-driven attacks. Entering public preview August 3, it is based on Microsoft's new MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model used with OpenAI's GPT-5.4 for the hardest tasks. Microsoft says the combination scores 96% on CyberGym and is initially available only to MDASH customers.