By Reuters
Publication Date: 2026-05-28 16:05:00
May 28 (Reuters) – Microsoft will unveil a suite of new homegrown AI models next week at its annual “Build” conference for developers in San Francisco, including a coding model to boost the usage of its GitHub Copilot tool, the Information reported on Thursday.
The company is also planning to roll out new models that specialize in tasks such as transcription, reasoning, speech and images, the report said, citing a person with direct knowledge of the plans. Microsoft declined to comment on the report.
Here are some details:
• Microsoft shares climbed on the report, and were last up nearly 3%.
• It has been rushing to beef up its own AI products as it gears up for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI — the companies have changed their partnership terms in recent months to reduce reliance on each other.
• The tech giant has primarily relied on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Big Tech rival Google to power its…
