🚨 do you understand what just happened to Microsoft..
Microsoft just dropped seven of its own MAI models, trained from scratch with zero distillation, and said its custom-tuned models already match GPT-tier quality at 10x lower cost.
The partner that pays OpenAI's bills is now quietly building the thing that replaces it.
- MAI-Thinking-1 hits human-preference parity with Sonnet 4.6 and 53% on SWE Bench Pro, right next to Opus 4.6
- MAI-Code-1-Flash delivers Haiku-class coding at just 5B params and is already shipping inside GitHub Copilot
- A custom MAI model tuned for Excel matched GPT-5.4 while running up to 10x more efficiently
- Their real weapon isn't the weights, it's that they're already inside everyone's Office, Teams, and VS Code
The hard part was never training a good model. The hard part is being the room everyone already works in. Microsoft owns the room.
100 years from now, when all the vicissitudes of politics, social media, etc. in 2024 are long forgotten, people will still remember this as a milestone in humanity’s conquest of space.
In the latest episode of At Work With The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore the challenges of organizational progress during the summer months. They discuss what many teams experience and how to take advantage of work seasonality. Great listen! https://t.co/xCT2CCE9VC
Just in time for #PrimeDay… the all-new Echo Spot smart alarm clock with Alexa. A beautiful full color display shows the info you want at a glance like time, weather, and music, all with vibrant sound from our directional speaker. You can also personalize your experience with different color themes and clock face designs. Sometimes the little things make all the difference in starting your day 😉 https://t.co/9xQ80uuciM
Venture capital has arguably been one of the highest-performing investments for the past 25 years. But for most investors, it was out of reach.
Now, you can invest in some of the world's top tech companies, including those leading the AI revolution, before they go public.
Today, @Microsoft announced @Windows 11 on @HoloLens 2 and new features in @MSFTDynamics365 Guides, including 3D annotation capabilities. Check it out here: https://t.co/I1SzHOOi7T 💪🏻 🎉
We’re bringing #Windows11 to Microsoft #HoloLens2, providing the most secure AR environment for customers to build and deploy end-to-end solutions. Check it out! https://t.co/siuM8PyCFP
The industrial metaverse is revolutionizing how people and machines collaborate—improving supply chain resiliency and streamlining virtual development processes.
Discover how Microsoft and the industrial metaverse can enhance your business: https://t.co/BopdUyamTp
The blood donation experience is changing. And it’s delightfully immersive.
See how our first-of-its-kind mixed reality tech is making the blood donation experience cooler than ever before. https://t.co/U2LkHSID6f
looking more closely at this new Windows 11 dialog box, it's an important and subtle change. This will make it easier and clearer to switch default apps / browsers straight away, instead of it being a tick box that most people don't notice