# Google introduced new agents for threat hunting, detection engineering, and third-party context enrichment.

*genai · news · 2026-04-23 · TechRadar*

## Key points

- Google is shifting from human-led to AI-led cyber defense, overseen by human operators.
- Three new AI agents were announced: Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, and Third-Party Context.
- The new Threat Hunting agent continuously detects emerging threats using Google intelligence and Mandiant practices.
- Triage and Investigation AI agents have reduced incident analysis times from thirty minutes to one minute.
- The Third-Party Context agent will soon use external data to improve existing security workflows.

**Companies:** Google
**Countries:** United States

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