Google has announced ‘Magika’, the tech giant’s new open-source, artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity tool that can aid in detecting malware through a process known as file type identification.
According to reports, Magika is already in use and helps protect Google’s products like Gmail, Drive, and Safe Browsing. The algorithm aims to foster a safer digital environment for all stakeholders of the internet.
Google’s Magika AI Is Here To Protect Internet Users
Google claims that Magika can outperform conventional file identification systems by providing an overall accuracy boost of 30% and up to 95% higher precision than traditionally hard-to-identify but problematic contents such as VBA, JavaScript, and Powershell.
The company is set to release a white paper at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where it will outline its use of AI in cyber defense. The research paper is said to be a proposal for a policy agenda advocating for advanced AI research and regulations on autonomous cyber defenses.
In a press statement, Alphabet’s president for global affairs Kent Walker said Google’s AI Cyber Defense Initiative reverses the ‘defenders’ dilemma’, a phenomenon where defenders have to be right at all times while attackers only have to be right once. He also emphasized the need for policies that both mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities of AI.
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Google’s Initiatives To Foster A Safer Environment For All Internet Users
Google also has plans to make further investments in research grants and partnerships to advance AI-related cybersecurity research initiatives. The tech behemoth’s $15 million cybersecurity program, Google.org Cybersecurity, is set to be expanded to universities across Europe.
Furthermore, Google has started the Secure AI Framework, which acts as a vehicle for the company to collaborate on the best practices for securing AI systems. The tech firm’s goal is to build on these efforts to foster a more secure AI ecosystem. At the same time, it will continue to invest in its secure, AI-ready network of global data centers.
As per the press statement, Google said it has invested over $5 billion in data centers in Europe that will help support secure and reliable access to a wide range of digital services, including generative AI programs like its Vertex AI platform.
Additionally, the statement noted that Google will make new AI-related innovations available to public sector organizations and businesses of all sizes across industries.
The Company Has Launched AI Research Grants For Various European and US Universities
Google also launched its new AI for Cybersecurity cohort for 17 startups from the UK, US, and EU under the Google Startups Growth Academy’s AI for Cybersecurity program, which is a global initiative by the tech giant to strengthen the transatlantic cybersecurity ecosystem.
Staying true to its commitment to advancing research that helps generate a breakthrough in AI-powered security, Google announced $2 million in research grants and strategic partnerships that will help strengthen its AI cybersecurity initiatives, like enhancing code verification, improving understanding of how AI can help with cyber offense and countermeasures for defense, and developing large language models that are more resilient to threats.
The funding is meant to support researchers at institutions including the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford.
