Microsoft launches new in-house AI models it says cut costs up to 89% versus OpenAI

Microsoft has unveiled new in-house AI models for image generation and speech processing, claiming significant cost reductions compared to OpenAI's offerings. The move signals Microsoft's intent to integrate its own proprietary technology across its suite of enterprise products.
Microsoft AI released two new in-house models into public preview on Wednesday — MAI-Image-2.5-Pro , its highest-fidelity image generator to date, and MAI-Voice-2-Flash , a speech model built for high-volume enterprise workloads — while publishing production data that amounts to the company's most aggressive argument yet that it can power its own products without leaning on OpenAI's frontier models.
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