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Safety & Alignment
Threat Detection
Using AI to spot signs of cyberattacks or malicious activity in systems and networks.
Definition
Threat detection uses AI to spot signs of cyberattacks or malicious activity — unusual logins, network traffic, or file changes — across systems and networks, often in real time. By learning what normal looks like, it can flag novel attacks that fixed rules would miss, though false alarms are a challenge.