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Since it’s hard to predict where this is all going, it’s likely to Microsoft’s longterm advantage to develop its own models. It’s also possible Microsoft has introduced these models to address use cases or queries that OpenAI isn’t focused on. We’re seeing a gradual shift in the AI landscape toward models that are more specialized for certain tasks, rather than …

Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has begun testing its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models that will compete directly with partner OpenAI while also reducing reliance on the ChatGPT maker. The company has launched two customer-focused AI models under its MAI (Microsoft Artificial Intelligence) brand, named MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The announcement was made by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman in an X …

Microsoft is expanding its AI footprint with the of two new models that its teams trained completely in-house. MAI-Voice-1 is the tech major’s first natural speech generation model, while MAI-1-preview is text-based and is the company’s first foundation model trained end-to-end. MAI-Voice-1 is currently being used in the Copilot Daily and Podcast features. Microsoft has made MAI-1-preview available for public …

Microsoft’s AI division announced its first homegrown AI models on Thursday: MAI-Voice-1 AI and MAI-1-preview. The company says its new MAI-Voice-1 speech model can generate a minute’s worth of audio in under one second on just one GPU, while MAI-1-preview “offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.” You can try MA1-Voice-1 out for yourself on Copilot Labs, where you …

The NFL Players Association continues to generate headlines for less-than-ideal reasons. Via Don Van Natta Jr. and Jeff Passan of ESPN.com, the NFLPA placed in-house counsel Heather McPhee on paid administrative leave on Tuesday, after (per the ESPN report) multiple employees filed complaints with the union’s H.R. department about her. She allegedly failed to follow her supervisor’s direction and allegedly …

According to the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple has a new plan up its sleeve to rival the competition in the AI search space. This is a major pivot from Apple’s previous stance, where the company said it didn’t want to develop a chatbot. Apple Intelligence has been off to a rocky start, to say the …

Every region has its own version of what we like to call “home cooking.” That affection is especially powerful in the Southeastern United States, which makes for a fun parallel to the quarterback picture in the SEC entering the 2025 season. If the transfer portal has become college football’s fast, fresh-from-frozen approach to roster building, the top programs in the …