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Microsoft joins AI race with in-house models, bets on very low prices

Microsoft unveiled its in-house AI coding model, MAI-Code-1-Flash, at its annual Build developer conference in San Francisco. The model generates application and website source code from text descriptions and can be used in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. Microsoft also introduced the reasoning model MAI-Thinking-1, which it described as a mid-sized model with lower token costs. MAI-Thinking-1 will be offered in private preview through Microsoft Foundry.

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Apple, Microsoft AI strategies put to the test as AI cost surge debate grows

Apple and Microsoft face a key month as investors and developers watch whether they can shift perceptions of their AI momentum. Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference runs June 8 to 12 and is expected to highlight on-device AI backed by its chip design experience. Microsoft is expected to unveil more in-house models at its June 2 to 3 Build conference as it leans less on OpenAI. Companies are also voicing growing concern over rising AI costs.

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Ubase to acquire voice AI startup ReturnZero, launch end-to-end counselling AI agent in July

South Korean BPO company Ubase Group said on Tuesday it will acquire voice-recognition AI startup ReturnZero. The company said ReturnZero has AI speech recognition and engineering capabilities and a backend server architecture optimised for high-performance, large-volume processing. It said ReturnZero has strengths in speech-to-text speed and competitiveness, including diarization technology, 30 patents and specialised developers. Ubase said it plans to commercialise an end-to-end counselling AI agent in July.