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Every day you get curious — and increasingly, your first stop is an AI chatbot instead of a search page. The short primer published on News Ghana captures that shift: chatbots promise plain‑language, real‑time answers without the SEO noise of a link pile, and they respond far better when you ask...

OpenAI’s new open-weight model suite landed squarely in the spotlight — and when I ran the smaller gpt-oss:20b through a real-world school test designed for 10‑ and 11‑year‑olds, the model proved interestingly capable on paper, but ultimately fell short of beating an actual 10‑year‑old at their...

In the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, competition among tech giants is intensifying, with each company seeking to establish its dominance using large language models (LLMs) and, increasingly, large reasoning models (LRMs). As the AI landscape shifts toward more sophisticated...

Microsoft’s Next AI Leap: Building Its Own Reasoning Model and the Changing Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Microsoft has long been a dominant player in the technology landscape, possessing the resources and ambition to set new standards across hardware, software, and—especially in recent...

Microsoft’s Quiet Bid for AI Supremacy: The MAI Shift and Its Ripple Effects Microsoft’s Evolving AI Ambitions Take Shape In the fiercely contested field of artificial intelligence, every strategic move has ramifications that reverberate far beyond the technical boundaries of machine learning...

Microsoft is shaking up the AI arena with new custom models that aim to redefine how artificial intelligence is integrated into full-stack systems. The tech giant’s latest developments—Phi-4 multimodal, Phi-4-mini, and the in-house MAI-1 model with its whopping 500 billion parameters—signify a...

Microsoft is shifting gears in the AI race with an ambitious plan to build its very own AI reasoning models—an effort designed not only to rival OpenAI’s GPT-4 but also to offer Windows developers a new toolkit for integrating advanced, step-by-step reasoning into their apps. A Bold New...

Microsoft is rewriting the playbook for artificial intelligence with its new initiative—native AI reasoning models codenamed MAI. This bold move represents a significant strategic shift for the tech giant, aiming to break free from its heavy reliance on third-party vendors like OpenAI. With...

Microsoft is clearly making waves in the AI arena as it ventures to diversify its technological arsenal and lessen its reliance on OpenAI’s GPT models. The reporting from sources such as The Information, Reuters, and the Telegraph points to a significant strategic pivot: while Microsoft’s early...

Microsoft’s decision to develop its own family of AI reasoning models—internally dubbed “MAI”—marks a bold, strategic pivot that could reshape not only the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence but also how Microsoft integrates cutting-edge AI within its Windows ecosystem. The...