DeepSeek Completely Changed How We Use Google Zanzibar

Google Zanzibar, developed by Google, is a fine-grained authorization system that manages access control across services like Drive and YouTube by using a Policy-as-Graph structure. This system defines permissions through relationships in a graph rather than traditional role-based methods, allowing scalable, dynamic access control. Despite its efficiency, managing Zanzibar's Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC) tuples manually can be challenging. To address this, an experimental approach using DeepSeek R1 and Permit.io was tested to automate tuple generation from natural language descriptions, though it is not yet production-ready. This hybrid solution aims to simplify Zanzibar management by reducing manual effort and minimizing errors, potentially paving the way for AI-assisted access control automation. Future integration with event-driven systems and AI-powered tools could enhance the automation of access requests and permission management, making it more seamless and efficient for large-scale applications.