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AI & Enterprise
Microsoft aims to join big four AI model developers
Microsoft used its annual Build developer conference to unveil its own reasoning model, AI agents and cybersecurity tools, signaling a shift toward an AI strategy centered on in-house models. It introduced its first reasoning model, MAI-Thinking-1, and six models for images, voice, transcription and coding. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the goal is to prove Microsoft can be among the world’s top four research labs.
Industry
Human intern narrowly beats Figure AI humanoid in 10-hour parcel sorting test
A public test comparing productivity between a humanoid robot and a human worker ended with a narrow win for the human intern. Figure AI’s F.03 sorted 12,732 packages in 10 hours, while intern Aime handled 12,924. Average speeds differed by about 0.04 seconds per package. The robot briefly led while the intern took breaks. Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock said it would be the last time a human wins.
AI & Enterprise
Microsoft launches in-house voice and image AI models with aggressive pricing
Microsoft has unveiled three in-house AI models covering speech transcription, voice generation and image creation, a report said. The models are available through Microsoft Foundry and MAI Playground. The company said its transcription model posted a 3.8 percent average word error rate across the top 25 languages on the FLEURS benchmark and outperformed rival systems in most languages. It is also applying aggressive pricing and testing the model in Copilot and Teams features.
