Microsoft expands in-house AI push with cheaper models for image and voice tasks

Microsoft is expanding its in-house AI portfolio with new image and speech models, while shifting more product traffic away from expensive general-purpose systems. The company has placed MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash into public preview. MAI-Image-2.5-Pro targets detailed image creation, editing and text within images. MAI-Voice-2-Flash is designed for large-scale speech applications such as contact centres and …

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Microsoft launches its first advanced reasoning AI model

Microsoft has unveiled MAI-Thinking-1, its first in-house advanced reasoning AI model. Jay Peters reports for The Verge that the announcement came at Microsoft’s Build 2026 developer conference, alongside several other new models targeting image generation, transcription, voice, and coding. Microsoft describes MAI-Thinking-1 as its new “flagship” model and a “medium-sized model” that “matches leading models” …

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