{"slug": "microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on", "title": "Microsoft launches its own cybersecurity model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash but still depends on OpenAI for the toughest tasks", "summary": "Microsoft launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact cybersecurity model that scores 96 percent on the CyberGym benchmark when embedded in its MDASH multi-agent system, with Microsoft claiming costs should drop by 50 percent compared to pure frontier models. For complex reasoning tasks, Microsoft still relies on OpenAI's GPT-5.4.", "body_md": "Microsoft introduces MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security model that scores 96 percent on the CyberGym benchmark when embedded in its MDASH multi-agent system. Microsoft says costs should drop by 50 percent compared to pure frontier models, since only tough cases get passed to GPT-5.4. For complex reasoning, Microsoft still relies on OpenAI.\n\nThe article [Microsoft launches its own cybersecurity model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash but still depends on OpenAI for the toughest tasks](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-depends-on-openai-for-the-toughest-tasks/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-depends-on-openai-for-the-toughest-tasks/", "published_at": "2026-07-27 18:50:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-27 18:55:06.993875+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "MAI-Cyber-1-Flash", "MDASH", "OpenAI", "GPT-5.4", "CyberGym"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-launches-its-own-cybersecurity-model-mai-cyber-1-flash-but-still-on.jsonld"}}