Rep. Adam Schiff and others have asked the intelligence community to assess how foreign governments could use the technology — video, audio, and images fueled by machine-learning algorithms and other tools — to harm national security interests.

An Accenture survey found that 87 percent of focused cyberattacks are prevented, compared to 70 percent reported in a similar study a year ago. Those numbers could easily be even higher, the consultancy said.

The company, founded by two former Microsoft Research employees, uses unsupervised machine learning to discover malicious behavior.

Booz Allen Hamilton Sr. Associate Kelly Rozumalski talks with Greg Otto on how automation can free up cybersecurity experts to tackle complex problems inside organizations.

The new money follows layoffs and a big pivot.

Suspicious Gmail messages to corporate users of the cloud email system will be delayed for up to four minutes while the message content is scanned and links in it are checked for malware.