Microsoft launches in-house AI models as it takes on OpenAI, Google and Anthropic

Microsoft has launched a suite of its own artificial intelligence (AI) models as the company goes head-to-head with offerings from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. The company unveiled three models under its MAI brand on Thursday (April 2): MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 – all available immediately through Microsoft Foundry and the MAI Playground.

Message from Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman