New Delhi, July 15 -- In a major breakthrough for cybersecurity, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday (July 15) that the company's AI agent, Big Sleep, successfully identified and thwarted a cyber exploit before it could be deployed - a first-of-its-kind achievement for artificial intelligence in threat prevention.

"New from our security teams: Our AI agent Big Sleep helped us detect and foil an imminent exploit. We believe this is a first for an AI agent - definitely not the last - giving cybersecurity defenders new tools to stop threats before they're widespread," Pichai posted on X (formerly Twitter).

This marks a potential inflection point in cybersecurity, as AI shifts from passive defense - identifying threats post-breach...