Microsoft’s release of three in-house AI models marks more than a routine product expansion. It is a signal that the company is no longer content to be seen primarily as OpenAI’s biggest backer and cloud host; it wants to be a model maker in its own right. By launching MAI-Transcribe-1...
Microsoft’s new MAI transcription model lands at an important moment for the company, for enterprise AI buyers, and for anyone watching the balance of power between Redmond and OpenAI. On April 2, 2026, Microsoft began broadly surfacing its in-house MAI model family in Microsoft Foundry...
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Shure’s new IntelliMix Bar Pro promises to simplify AV deployments for medium and large meeting spaces by folding cameras, microphones, speakers and on-board processing into a single, Microsoft-backed device — but the real test for IT teams will be whether the product reduces complexity without...