Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech-recognition model it claims is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than offerings from OpenAI, Google, or ElevenLabs, priced at 10 cents per hour of audio,…
Microsoft has launched MAI-Image-2.6, its latest first-party image-generation model, which now ranks No. 2 on Arena's text-to-image leaderboard and No. 3 for image editing. The model is available in M…
Microsoft has expanded its MAI Playground, a limited-preview environment for testing its MAI family of models, now including image generation, voice, transcription, and reasoning capabilities. The mov…
Microsoft is quietly testing MAI-Realtime, a full-duplex voice AI that can talk and listen simultaneously, in limited early access on its MAI Playground, according to an exclusive report from TestingC…
Microsoft is testing a new native real-time voice model, MAI Realtime, which has appeared as a hidden early-access entry in its MAI Playground. The bidirectional, full-duplex system, which listens and…
Microsoft released MAI-Image-2.5, an update to its image generation model that now ranks third on Arena's text-to-image leaderboard, tying with Google's Nano Banana 2. The model delivers significant i…