Microsoft on Tuesday announced an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent that can analyze and classify software without assistance in an effort to advance malware detection efforts.

The large language model (LLM)-powered autonomous malware classification system, currently a prototype, has been codenamed Project Ire by the tech giant.

The system "automates what is considered the gold standard in malware classification: fully reverse engineering a software file without any clues about its origin or purpose," Microsoft said . "It uses decompilers and other tools, reviews their output, and determines whether the software is malicious or benign."

Project Ire, per the Windows maker, is an effort to enable malware classification at scale, accelerate threat response, and reduce the

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