Microsoft's new security AI slashes costs by 50%
Microsoft just introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security-focused model integrated into its MDASH multi-agent harness. By routing 90% of routine security tasks to this smaller in-house model and saving GPT-5.4 for the hardest 10%, the system cuts operational costs in half while hitting a 96% score on the CyberGym vulnerability benchmark.