Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced an initiative to provide artificial intelligence tools and investments to strengthen online security, as emerging technologies are increasingly used to both prevent and perpetrate cybercrime.
Google announced in a statement Friday that it is introducing a new AI-powered open source resource that uses file type identification to help detect malware. The tool, already used to protect products like Gmail and Google Drive, will be available for free.
The company also plans to present a white paper at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, detailing how it leverages AI in cyber defense and introducing advanced AI research and guardrails for autonomous cyber defense. We propose policy issues that require the following.
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“Our AI cyber defense initiative addresses the 'defender's dilemma': the defender must always be right, but the attacker must only be right once,” Kent Walker, Alphabet's global president, said in a statement. We will reverse it.” “To maintain this momentum, we need policies that mitigate risks and capture the opportunities of AI.”
Google also announced additional investments in research grants and partnerships to advance cybersecurity research initiatives using AI, and an expansion of cybersecurity seminars to include AI-focused modules.
Hackers are also incorporating AI into their cyber operations. State-sponsored criminal groups are using large-scale language models like OpenAI's ChatGPT to improve strategies and troubleshoot technical issues, according to a report this week from Microsoft Corp. It is said that there is.
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