Microsoft's first reasoning model is one of 7 AIs just released at Build - what we know so far

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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • Microsoft AI launched several new models at Build.
  • One of them is the company's first reasoning model.
  • It's unclear whether Microsoft AI can gain a competitive edge over other labs yet.

Microsoft kicked off its annual Build developer conference today with a keynote, during which the company announced seven new AI models, including its very first reasoning model. During the keynote, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman reiterated the lab's "humanist superintelligence" framing when introducing the new models.

Here's what each model can do.

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MAI-Thinking-1

Microsoft AI's first reasoning model, MAI-Thinking-1, was trained on "enterprise-grade, clean and commercially licensed data," the company said in the blog announcement. Given mounting concerns (and active lawsuits) about copyright and AI use, calling...

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