Cisco bets its small open cybersecurity models can outperform GPT-5.5 at vulnerability detection for a fraction of the cost
Cisco has released two small, open-source AI models for cybersecurity that detect about 150 times more vulnerabilities per dollar than large AI agents, according to the company's own tests. The article Cisco bets its small open cybersecurity models can outperform GPT-5.5 at vulnerability detection for a fraction of the cost appeared first on The Decoder .
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Published: 22 July 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 23 July 2026
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