Microsoft launches three in-house AI models for speech, voice and images
MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 are now on Microsoft Foundry, a step toward relying less on OpenAI.
What's new
The Microsoft AI team led by Mustafa Suleyman released three new models on Microsoft Foundry:
| Model | Task | Price |
|---|---|---|
| MAI-Transcribe-1 | Speech to text, 25 languages | from $0.36 per hour |
| MAI-Voice-1 | Voice generation | from $22 per 1M characters |
| MAI-Image-2 | Image generation | from $5 per 1M text input tokens and $33 per 1M image output tokens |
Key points
- MAI-Transcribe-1 is 2.5x faster than Microsoft's previous Azure Fast offering.
- MAI-Voice-1 can generate 60 seconds of audio in one second.
- MAI-Image-2 first appeared on MAI Playground on March 19.
Why it matters
Microsoft has invested more than $13 billion in OpenAI, but it is now building its own models to compete across the board.
Prices are in US dollars; prices in Kurdistan may differ.
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