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The open tool is ahead of existing solutions in the field of cyberspace security.
Google introduced Magika, an innovative open-source, machine-learning-based file type detection tool that is now part of the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, to the world. The project aims to provide information security professionals and other users with more efficient automated tools.
One of the main tasks of services that work with files is to accurately determine their contents. Traditional methods, such as analyzing file extensions or applying heuristic rules, are often inefficient and error-prone. Magika uses trained models to quickly and accurately identify file types based on their content, which has already been used in Google products such as Gmail, Google Drive, Secure Browsing in Chrome, and VirusTotal.
Compared to existing systems based on manual rule configuration, Magika technology increases the accuracy of determining file types by 50% with an accuracy of 99%. However, despite the high accuracy, the system still allows classification errors in about 3% of cases.
As part of the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, Google also plans to collaborate with 17 startups from the UK, USA and Europe to train them to use such automated tools in order to improve the level of security. Google executives emphasize that artificial intelligence is at the crossroads of opportunities, providing a unique chance to tip the scales of cybersecurity in favor of defenders. They see Magika and similar technologies as having the potential to address global security challenges and move closer to creating a secure and reliable digital world.
Thus, Google not only strengthens its own products through the development of artificial intelligence, but also seeks to contribute to the overall improvement of the level of cybersecurity in the world by providing its developments for the public good.
Google introduced Magika, an innovative open-source, machine-learning-based file type detection tool that is now part of the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, to the world. The project aims to provide information security professionals and other users with more efficient automated tools.
One of the main tasks of services that work with files is to accurately determine their contents. Traditional methods, such as analyzing file extensions or applying heuristic rules, are often inefficient and error-prone. Magika uses trained models to quickly and accurately identify file types based on their content, which has already been used in Google products such as Gmail, Google Drive, Secure Browsing in Chrome, and VirusTotal.
Compared to existing systems based on manual rule configuration, Magika technology increases the accuracy of determining file types by 50% with an accuracy of 99%. However, despite the high accuracy, the system still allows classification errors in about 3% of cases.
As part of the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, Google also plans to collaborate with 17 startups from the UK, USA and Europe to train them to use such automated tools in order to improve the level of security. Google executives emphasize that artificial intelligence is at the crossroads of opportunities, providing a unique chance to tip the scales of cybersecurity in favor of defenders. They see Magika and similar technologies as having the potential to address global security challenges and move closer to creating a secure and reliable digital world.
Thus, Google not only strengthens its own products through the development of artificial intelligence, but also seeks to contribute to the overall improvement of the level of cybersecurity in the world by providing its developments for the public good.
