# Microsoft launches its own cybersecurity model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash but still depends on OpenAI for the toughest tasks

> 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: 2026-07-27 18:50:07+00:00

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.

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