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Microsoft announced the launch of three in‑house AI models—MAI‑Transcribe‑1, MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑Image‑2—through its Foundry platform and MAI Playground. The models, designed for speech‑to‑text, synthetic voice and image generation, aim to rival offerings from OpenAI, Google and Amazon. Built after a 2019 contract with OpenAI lifted a restriction on Microsoft’s own frontier AI work, the new suite promises faster performance, multilingual support and competitive pricing, with rollouts already underway in Bing and PowerPoint. Read more

Six months after renegotiating its contract with OpenAI, Microsoft unveiled MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 on its Foundry platform. The new models, built by a ten‑person team, boast lower error rates, faster speeds and competitive pricing, giving the tech giant a functional AI stack independent of its former partner. The rollout underscores Microsoft’s new freedom to pursue "humanist superintelligence" and could reshape enterprise AI spending. Read more

Microsoft AI, the research arm of the tech giant, announced the rollout of three foundational multimodal models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2. The transcription model supports 25 languages and is 2.5 times faster than Azure Fast. The voice model can generate a minute of audio in one second and allows custom voice creation. The image model, originally unveiled on MAI Playground, expands Microsoft’s AI portfolio and is priced to be cheaper than competing offerings from Google and OpenAI. The launch underscores Microsoft’s commitment to building its own AI stack while maintaining its partnership with OpenAI. Read more