Microsoft takes on Google and OpenAI with its own AI models

From transcribing boardroom chatter to cloning voices in seconds, Microsoft's MAI model trio is here, and it is priced to ...

Microsoft shivs OpenAI with three new AI models for speech and images

OpenAI just happens to offer its own speech recognition, speech generation, and text-to-image models. Microsoft's models are available through Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio), a platform to develop ...

Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Model Stack To Reduce OpenAI Dependence

Microsoft launches three in-house MAI models for transcription, voice and image generation through Foundry, hedging its ...

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft AI has made its in-house models for transcription, speech recognition, and image generation available on Foundry.
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Microsoft just shipped the clearest signal yet that it is building an AI empire without OpenAI

Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 via Foundry, built by Mustafa Suleyman's superintelligence team. The models directly compete with ...

Microsoft's Agent Stack Confuses Developers While Rivals Simplify

Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure's agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...

OpenAI Is Making Microsoft and Ashton Kutcher Incredibly Rich

A leaked document reveals Microsoft is the ChatGPT company's biggest investor with a stake valued at more than $228 billion.