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Microsoft’s move to ship three in-house AI models is more than a product launch; it is a clear statement that the company wants to control more of the AI stack itself. On April 2, 2026, Microsoft made MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 broadly available through Microsoft Foundry and...

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...