MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH(microsoft.ai)
234 points by migmartri 19 hours ago | 109 comments
tl;dr: Microsoft launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security-focused model integrated into its MDASH vulnerability remediation harness, designed to handle ~90% of security tasks while reserving larger models like GPT-5.4 for harder cases. The combined system scores 96% on CyberGym while cutting costs 50% versus their previous best MDASH configuration. Microsoft also introduced Perception, an agentic security system providing agent teams for continuous monitoring, patching, and threat response workflows.
HN Discussion:
  • Microsoft's data advantage may only apply to Microsoft's own ecosystem, not broader environments
  • Access and usability of the product is unclear or hidden behind corporate bureaucracy
  • ~Defense is fundamentally asymmetric; needs formal verification or immune-system-like monitoring
  • Skepticism about Microsoft's execution and product naming based on past track record
  • Requests for openness — open weights, open source models, training data, and benchmarks