# Microsoft AI — Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI

- Company: Microsoft AI (microsoft.ai)
- Announced: 2026-08-13
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/10736-introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash-microsoft-ai
- Subject: MAI
- Models affected: MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, MAI-Thinking-1, GPT-5.4, 5.4 mini, 5.3 codex
- Pricing: 50% cost saving when compared against our best offering in MDASH today (GPT 5.4 + 5.4 mini + 5.3 codex)

Microsoft AI announced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact, code-heavy security model derived from the MAI-Thinking-1 lineage, integrated into its MDASH multi-agent vulnerability identification and remediation harness. The combined system scores 96% on the CyberGym benchmark's any-crash score, outperforming Mythos, Gemini, and GPT, while delivering a 50% cost saving compared to Microsoft's current best MDASH offering. The model was developed with security-first calibration, evaluated by Microsoft's AI Red Team and a third party, and is supported by enterprise-grade controls in MDASH.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash/:

> The result is that the unified system of MDASH with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash delivers 96 % on CyberGym ( on the benchmark’s any crash score; outperform s Mythos on the CyberGym leaderboard ). This combination delivers a 50% cost saving when compared against our best offering in MDASH today (GPT 5.4 + 5.4 mini + 5.3 codex).

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