Microsoft has quietly shipped its first fully in‑house AI models — MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview — marking a deliberate shift in strategy that reduces dependence on OpenAI’s stack and accelerates Microsoft’s plan to own more of the compute, models, and product surface area that power Copilot...
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Microsoft has quietly moved from partner-dependent experimentation to deploying its own, production‑focused models with the public debut of MAI‑Voice‑1 (a high‑throughput speech generator) and MAI‑1‑preview (an in‑house mixture‑of‑experts language model), rolling both into Copilot experiences...
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OpenAI’s highly anticipated corporate restructuring has been pushed off the immediate calendar as last‑ditch negotiations with Microsoft over API access, intellectual property (IP) rights and a disputed “AGI clause” remain unresolved, forcing a delay that could push the overhaul into next year...