At the beginning of this month, Microsoft unveiled a host of in-house AI models, including MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 , and MAI-Image-2 with next-gen capabilities across transcription, voice, and image generation.
Now, the tech giant is lowering the cost for MAI-Image-2-Efficient while simultaneously making it faster. The company touts the tool as its “best text-to-image model” as it generates “photorealistic and expressive” images with reliable in-image text.
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Windows Central’s take
Over the past few months, Microsoft has doubled down on its AI efforts outside its partnership with OpenAI. This comes amid rising investor concern over its exorbitant spending on the ever-evolving landscape.
Microsoft just suffered the worst quarter since the financial crisis in 2008, raising more concerns among investors about AI turning into a profitable venture. Still, the company is making elaborate measures to make sure it cements its position in AI, including reshuffling its Copilot leadership structure.
The company recently appointed Ex-Snap exec Jacob Andreou to lead Copilot experiences, both consumer and commercial, as an executive vice president reporting to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. This means Microsoft’s AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, will now have more time to build in-house AI models for the company.
That said, it’ll be interesting to see how Microsoft manages to drive interest in its new tools and potentially compete with OpenAI on an even playing field. It could use its massive hold on the market share with Windows and Office, but users are seemingly against the idea.
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