first party models

Microsoft’s AI team has formally declared a new ambition: build a controlled, auditable form of “superintelligence” that is explicitly designed to serve people — and it has put Mustafa Suleyman, the company’s AI chief, in charge of the effort. The MAI Superintelligence Team will pursue what...

Microsoft’s new AI roadmap shifts from partner dependence to a deliberate strategy of multi‑model orchestration and first‑party capability building, combining in‑house models, third‑party engines, and continued—but recalibrated—ties to OpenAI in a move that promises lower latency, lower...