By Ruben Circelli
Publication Date: 2026-06-08 18:49:00
Microsoft unveiled plenty at its annual Build 2026 conference, including its ambitious plan for an agent-first Windows and a shift away from Copilot+ branding. But the company also launched new image-generation, reasoning, transcription, and voice AI models that you can already try for free. None of these new models performs poorly, but they don’t do anything better than the competition either. Here’s the full story, alongside everything you need to know about the latest Microsoft AI (MAI) models.
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