BREAKING
Microsoft Shifts Office to In-House MAI
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invested in OpenAI ($)
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lower Excel model cost
Own the Stack, Cut the Bill
Before
External
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OpenAI and Anthropic models
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Rising per-token costs
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Canceled Claude Code licenses
After
In-House
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Seven new MAI models
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Maia/Cobalt chip co-design
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Roadmap and pricing control
MAI-Thinking-1 Benchmarks
Active params (B)
35
Context (K)
256
Seven Models Across the Ecosystem
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Thinking-1 reasoning
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Code-1-Flash
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Image-2.5
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Transcribe-1.5
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Voice-2
Real-World Verdict Still Pending
AI NEWS BLITZ
Microsoft is now routing some Office queries to its own MAI models, easing its reliance on OpenAI.