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Indian Express
an hour ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Google says its AI agent stopped a cyberattack even before hackers made a move
With tech giants pouring billions into artificial intelligence, the technology has seen rapid advancement in the past few years. From medical science to problem-solving, AI models are proving to be more effective than humans in some areas. Now, Google has announced that its AI agent has stopped a cyber attack even before it happened. In a post on X, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Big Sleep, its in-house developed AI agent, has helped the company's security team to 'detect and foil an imminent exploit.' For those not in the loop, Big Sleep is an in-house developed AI agent by Google's DeepMind and Project Zero that 'actively searches and finds unknown security vulnerabilities in software.' New from our security teams: Our AI agent Big Sleep helped us detect and foil an imminent exploit. We believe this is a first for an AI agent – definitely not the last – giving cybersecurity defenders new tools to stop threats before they're widespread. — Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) July 15, 2025 In November last year, the large language model recorded its first-ever real-world security vulnerability, showcasing the use of AI in cybersecurity. In a blog post, Google says that in the last few months, Big Sleep has been able to discover new security flaws and, using a 'combination of threat intelligence and Big Sleep', the tech giant was able to stop a vulnerability before it was even used. While Google hasn't clarified when it started deploying Big Sleep to tackle security exploits, it looks like the AI agent has been working under the radar for quite some time now. With the AI-powered agent now at work, it looks the Google is signalling a shift in threat detection, where experts often found themselves taking reactive measures instead of proactive ones. Apart from Big Sleep, Google said it will also be demoing AI capacities which give the defenders the upper edge. Some of these include Timesketch, an open-source collaborative digital forensics platform powered by Sec-Gemini. The tech giant is also working on another AI-powered threat detection system called Fast and Accurate Contextual Anomaly Detection, or FACADE for short. Google has been using this system to identify internal threats since 2018.


Deccan Herald
4 hours ago
- Business
- Deccan Herald
Google's AI agent Big Sleep detects first major cybersecurity vulnerability
New from our security teams: Our AI agent Big Sleep helped us detect and foil an imminent exploit. We believe this is a first for an AI agent - definitely not the last - giving cybersecurity defenders new tools to stop threats before they're widespread. — Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) July 15, 2025 Through the combination of threat intelligence and Big Sleep, Google was able to predict that a vulnerability was imminently going to be used, and we were able to cut it off beforehand. We believe this is the first time an AI agent has been used to directly foil efforts to exploit a vulnerability.


Digital Trends
13 hours ago
- Business
- Digital Trends
Google's AI agent ‘Big Sleep' just stopped a cyberattack before it started
Google's AI agent, dubbed Big Sleep, has achieved a cybersecurity milestone by detecting and blocking an imminent exploit in the wild—marking the first time an AI has proactively foiled a cyber threat. Developed by Google DeepMind and Project Zero, Big Sleep identified a critical vulnerability in SQLite (CVE-2025-6965), an open-source database engine, that was on the verge of being exploited by malicious actors, allowing Google to patch it before damage occurred. 'We believe this is the first time an AI agent has been used to directly foil efforts to exploit a vulnerability in the wild,' the company said. Why it matters: As cyberattacks surge—costing businesses trillions annually—this breakthrough shifts defense from reactive patching to AI-driven prediction and prevention. It gives security teams a powerful new tool to stay ahead of hackers, potentially saving devices and data worldwide. CEO Sundar Pichai called it 'a first for an AI agent—definitely not the last' according to Live Mint. Recommended Videos Go deeper: Big Sleep isn't just a one-trick pony; since November 2024, it's uncovered multiple real-world flaws in open-source software, scaling human expertise to scan vast codebases autonomously. In this case, aided by Google Threat Intelligence, it spotted the SQLite flaw—known only to threats—and enabled a swift fix. Google emphasizes safeguards like human oversight and privacy protections in its deployment. Beyond Big Sleep, Google's ramping up AI security: Timesketch now uses Sec-Gemini for automated forensics, FACADE detects insider threats via billions of events, and partnerships like the AI Cyber Challenge with DARPA aim to crowdsource more innovations.


Mint
19 hours ago
- Business
- Mint
Google's AI agent ‘Big Sleep' foils cyberattack in groundbreaking first, says Sundar Pichai
In a major breakthrough for cybersecurity, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday (July 15) that the company's AI agent, Big Sleep, successfully identified and thwarted a cyber exploit before it could be deployed — a first-of-its-kind achievement for artificial intelligence in threat prevention. 'New from our security teams: Our AI agent Big Sleep helped us detect and foil an imminent exploit. We believe this is a first for an AI agent - definitely not the last - giving cybersecurity defenders new tools to stop threats before they're widespread,' Pichai posted on X (formerly Twitter). A new era in cybersecurity? This marks a potential inflection point in cybersecurity, as AI shifts from passive defense — identifying threats post-breach — to proactive interdiction. What's next for 'Big Sleep' Google has not disclosed when Big Sleep was deployed or how long it has been operational. However, Pichai's post suggests this is just the beginning of more AI-driven defense tools that will be used across Google's ecosystem and offered to cloud clients. This incident also raises questions about how governments, enterprises, and cloud service providers will collaborate with AI to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threat actors. As cyberattacks grow more frequent and damaging, the use of advanced AI like Big Sleep may become standard across global IT defenses.


The Verge
21 hours ago
- The Verge
One of Google's AI agents flagged a 'critical security flaw' in SQLite, an open-source database.
One of Google's AI agents flagged a 'critical security flaw' in SQLite, an open-source database. Big Sleep, an AI agent Google introduced last year for searching out security vulnerabilities in both Google products and open-source projects, used information from Google Threat Intelligence to discover the issue before it could be used by threat actors, according to the company.