Microsoft to release security AI product to help clients track hackers

The security Copilot is part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to infuse its major product lines with artificial intelligence tools from partner OpenAI and persuade corporate customers to buy subscriptions. — NurPhoto via ZUMA Press/TNS

Microsoft Corp plans to release artificial intelligence tools on April 1 that will help cybersecurity workers produce summaries of suspicious incidents and ferret out the devious methods hackers use to obscure their intentions.

Microsoft unveiled its Copilot for Security about a year ago and has been trialing it with corporate customers ever since. Testers include BP Plc and Dow Chemical Co and now number “hundreds of partners and customers”, according to Andrew Conway, Microsoft’s vice president of security marketing. Customers will pay a fee based on usage, much as they do with the company’s Azure cloud services.