When it comes to cybersecurity, it would appear that the best offense is a good defense, and by and large we have neither. Following a damning report of the U.S. government's capabilities when it comes to online security and the emergence of yet another dangerous piece of malware that has already stolen some 4 million from dozens of banks and financial institutions, our digital defenses look to be down and out. But a new solution from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be our saving grace. In a new paper, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveil an artificial-intelligence platform called "AI squared" that claims to predict cyberattacks "significantly better than existing systems by continuously incorporating input from human experts." Combining the capabilities of humans and machines, AI-squared was shown to detect an impressive 85 percent of attacks, which represents a threefold improvement over previous benchmarks.

Today's security systems usually fall into one of two categories: man or machine. So called "analyst driven solutions" rely on rules created by human experts and therefore miss any attacks that don't match the rules. Meanwhile, today's machine learning approaches rely on "anomaly detection," which tends to trigger false positives that both create distrust of the system and end up having to be investigated by humans, anyway. But what if there was a solution that could merge those two worlds? What would it look like?

Artificial intelligence (AI) developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) can already detect 85pc of cyberattacks and is getting smarter every day, according to the institute. Scientists at MIT's prestigious Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have developed AI that they believe can create a line of defence against the numerous cyberattacks that have crippled government agencies, health insurers and many others. And they have also claimed that their AI can detect attacks on networks as they happen 85pc of the time. 'That human-machine interaction creates a beautiful, cascading effect' – KALYAN VEERAMACHANENI, CSAIL This is particularly important because the industry standard for threat detection is typically 100 days. AI2, short for Artificial Intelligence Squared, looks at data to detect suspicious activity. It does so by clustering the data into meaningful patterns and then presents its findings to human analysts who identify which events are actual attacks.

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In a new paper, researchers from CSAIL and the machine-learning start-up PatternEx have demonstrated an artificial-intelligence platform called "AI²" that can predict 85% of cyber-attacks, by continuously incorporating input from human experts. To predict attacks, AI² combs through data and detects suspicious activity by clustering the data into meaningful patterns using unsupervised machine-learning. It then presents this activity to human analysts who confirm which events are actual attacks, and incorporates that feedback into its models for the next set of data.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) system being developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is being trained by researchers to aid humans in identifying potential cyber-attacks. Typically, when trying to pinpoint possible attacks, analysts are required to sift through massive amounts of data to find abnormalities and discrepancies--a method that is time-consuming and tedious. Anchored on the idea that AI never gets tired, the new computer based method means that humans can identify cyber-attacks more efficiently. AI2 for instance--MIT's new system, which honed its ability to identify threats after reviewing three months worth of log data from an unidentified ecommerce platform--can review millions of log lines every day. Once it spots something suspicious, a human can then take over and promptly check for possible signs of a security breach.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display