MICROSOFT LAUNCHES NEW HIGH-SPEED VOICE AND IMAGE MODELS

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Microsoft launched three AI models — MAI-Image-2, MAI-Transcribe-1, and MAI-Voice-1 — optimized for image generation, speech transcription, and synthetic voice, respectively. MAI-Image-2 produces images up to 1,024×1,024 pixels and runs twice as fast as its predecessor, while MAI-Transcribe-1 transcribes speech 2.5 times faster and achieved a 3.9% word error rate across 25 languages. All three models are available via Microsoft Foundry and are being rolled out across products such as Bing, PowerPoint, and Copilot Audio Expressions.