Microsoft's first reasoning model is one of 7 AIs just released at Build - what we know so far

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

Microsoft launches MAI-Thinking-1, advanced reasoning model matching leading benchmarks on software engineering, trained from scratch without distillation. Diversification from OpenAI (renegotiated deal) and in-house autonomy—critical for CTOs assessing vendor lock-in on copilot and coding choices.