This new AI agent of Microsoft is the 'death' of malware and will become a shield for your safety

Tech News: Microsoft has unveiled a new artificial intelligence system that can independently detect and block malware without any human assistance. The company has named it Project Ire, and this prototype agent is designed to reverse engineer software files and determine whether they are safe or harmful, which is a big step in cybersecurity.

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According to Microsoft's blog post, Project Ire can completely analyze any software file, even if it has no prior knowledge of the file's source or purpose. It uses AI decompilers and other advanced tools to scan the code and understand its behavior and determine whether it poses any risk. This tool is the result of a joint effort by Microsoft Research, Microsoft Defender Research, and Microsoft Discovery and Quantum.

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This type of work has traditionally been done manually by expert analysts, Microsoft said. The company says security researchers often suffer from fatigue and burnout, making it difficult to maintain consistency in detecting malware at scale. Project Ire is different from other AI security tools because malware classification is difficult to automate. There is no obvious way for the machine to verify its decisions, making it difficult to train a system that is both accurate and reliable. To combat this, Microsoft has equipped Project Ire with a system called Chain of Evidence, which shows step-by-step how the agent reached its conclusions.