Microsoft (MSFT) took another step in the race to add generative AI capabilities to its suite of enterprise products on Wednesday, announcing the availability of the Microsoft Copilot for Security platform.
The service, which will hit the market on April 1, aims to help cybersecurity professionals better understand security threats and reduce the time it takes to discover security issues. The platform has been in public preview since November 2023.
“Copilot is informed by large-scale data and threat intelligence, including more than 78 trillion security signals, that Microsoft processes every day, and when combined with large-scale language models, provides customized insights and step by step,” said Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft. said in a statement.
Copilot for Security leverages OpenAI's GPT-4 and Microsoft's proprietary AI models and is integrated with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR.
Microsoft's Sentinel is a platform that enables cybersecurity professionals to detect and track threats, and Microsoft Defender helps protect against and respond to attacks. Microsoft Security Copilot provides a way for cybersecurity professionals to ask questions about threats and attacks and get answers based on whether and where a potential attack could impact a company's systems. Offers.
In addition to making Copilot for Security available for general purchase, Microsoft is also adding new features to the platform, including the ability for users to create their own generated AI prompts for businesses and add third-party software integrations. He said that he plans to add it to. Prompts and responses are displayed in eight languages.
To further market Copilot for Security, Microsoft is also releasing new research showing that cybersecurity professionals not only benefit from Copilot, but also want to continue using it. Masu.
According to Microsoft, the study targeted experienced security professionals and found that using Copilot, workers were 22% faster and 7% more accurate on all tasks while using the software. It has become clear. According to Microsoft, 97% of those surveyed said they would use Copilot the next time they performed the same task.
Microsoft's Copilots, an AI-powered generative app, is currently available for preview or public access across numerous Microsoft software segments, including finance, customer relationship management, cloud computing, productivity, Windows 11, and more.
The general idea is that Microsoft will integrate Copilots, or at least generative AI, into each of its products in an effort to make the most of its multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI.
Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI gave it an early lead in the generative AI wars, but the competition is catching up. In February, Alphabet's Google (GOOG, GOOGL) debuted Gemini Business, a $20 monthly add-on to its Gemini for Workspace productivity suite. The company also offers Gemini Enterprise, a $30-per-month add-on to Gemini for Workspace with enhanced features for meeting summaries and transcriptions.
And last week, Salesforce (CRM) announced two new healthcare programs running on the AI-powered Einstein 1 platform.
Amazon (AMZN) is also offering its own generative AI capabilities, creating a new front in the cloud war between the two tech giants.
Daniel Howley I'm the technology editor at Yahoo Finance. He has been covering the technology industry since his 2011. You can follow him on Twitter. @Daniel Howley.
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