Posted Jul 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTCEExternal LinkMicrosoft says its “Project Perception” AI system can continuously investigate and fix security flaws.Project Perception uses a series of AI agents to reason across a company’s data, tools, and workflows to detect potential security holes and patch them before they’re exploited.Microsoft is powering the tool with its new MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model, which it says “delivers world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma Roth
Microsoft says its “Project Perception” AI system can continuously investigate and fix security flaws.
Project Perception uses a series of AI agents to reason across a company’s data, tools, and workflows to detect potential security holes and patch them before they’re exploited. Microsoft is powering the tool with its new MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model, which it says “delivers world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models.” [Link: Rethinking security for the age of AI | https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/27/rethinking-security-for-the-age-of-ai/ | The Official Microsoft Blog]
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Microsoft's Project Perception uses AI agents to continuously detect and patch security flaws at 50% lower cost than competing models. For IT leaders, this enables autonomous continuous security posture management, shifting from reactive incident response to proactive flaw prevention.
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