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On October 27, 2026, Microsoft AI launched MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash. The model is now available to verified customers through MDASH; existing customers can use it by selecting the MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash profile when creating a new scan. According to the Microsoft AI blog, on the internal MDASH vulnerability scanning evaluation suite, its performance is comparable to MAI Cyber 1 Flash, with the cost per scan reduced by 18%. Microsoft also stated that MAI Cyber currently accounts for nearly 50% of all MDASH scans, and that after customers first use the MAI Cyber 1 Flash profile, nearly 90% of subsequent scans continue to use an MAI profile rather than a profile that uses only OpenAI models. The next day, Testing Catalog reported that the model had gone live on MDASH, and cited Mustafa Suleyman as saying that over the past 30 days, user adoption of MAI Cyber models among security tools had doubled to 50%.
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Oct 28
Testing Catalog
Microsoft MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash launches on MDASH
Microsoft announced that MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash is now live on MDASH. According to the official statement, its performance in the internal MDASH vulnerability scanning evaluation is comparable to MAI Cyber 1 Flash, with the cost per scan reduced by 18%. The post cited a statement from Mustafa Suleyman: over the past 30 days, user adoption of the MAI Cyber model among security tools doubled to 50%, with token efficiency improved by 20% without sacrificing quality.
Oct 27
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MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash released: more precise vulnerability discovery with fewer tokens in MDASH
Microsoft AI launches MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash, delivering performance comparable to MAI Cyber 1 Flash on the internal MDASH vulnerability scanning evaluation suite while reducing the cost per scan by 18%. The model is now available to verified customers through MDASH; existing customers can use it by selecting the MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash profile when creating a new scan. Microsoft says MAI Cyber now accounts for nearly 50% of all MDASH scans, and after customers first use the MAI Cyber 1 Flash profile, nearly 90% of subsequent scans continue to use an MAI profile rather than a profile that uses only OpenAI models.
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