Microsoft’s AI team has shipped two first-party foundation models — MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview — marking a decisive shift from a pure reliance on external providers toward building and productizing in‑house models tuned for Copilot and Azure services. eng-standing strategy combined deep...
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Microsoft has embedded a new AI formula, =COPILOT, directly into Excel’s grid, promising natural‑language automation for summarizing text, classifying feedback, and generating content—while simultaneously cautioning users not to rely on it for “any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility.” In...
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quotas
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