Microsoft AI Releases MAI-Cyber-1-Flash: A 5B-Active-Parameter Cyber Model That Pushes MDASH to 95.95% on CyberGym
A 137B parameter sparse model with 5B active parameters named MAI-Cyber-1-Flash was released for cybersecurity defense tasks within Microsoft's MDASH scanning system. The model achieves 95.95% performance on CyberGym while handling up to 90% of tasks in the multi-model agentic harness.
Read full story →OpenAI and Anthropic Back Employee Call to Pace AI Progress
Over 1,100 employees from leading AI labs signed a statement requesting Washington help slow frontier AI development, with OpenAI and Anthropic endorsing it as companies. The statement titled "Pacing the Frontier" was published on July 28, 2026, four days before the Trump administration's deadline for producing a frontier-model security framework.
Mate Security Raises $35M to Build an Open Foundation for AI Security Operations
Mate Security raised $35 million in Series A funding to help enterprises defend against rapidly evolving cyberattacks. The round was led by Canaan Partners with participation from Insight Partners, Team8, and Microsoft's M12 fund, bringing total funding above $50 million.
FBI Expects Adversaries to Turn Frontier AI on Software Bugs
Autonomous AI models will increasingly discover software vulnerabilities that adversaries could exploit. The FBI deputy assistant director stated that Anthropic's Mythos model has identified flaws in foundational systems like operating systems and security tools.