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The MAI models are said to rival top offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic, with plans to make them available through Azure.

TODAY IN MORNING AI

• X has introduced a feature allowing users to ask questions to Grok

• Researchers at Alibaba have launched START

• Hedra has revealed Character-3, an ‘omnimodal model’

• Microsoft Shifts Focus: Moving Beyond OpenAI in AI Innovation

• AI fun fact

  and more…

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AI HEADLINES
TOP AI STORIES

X has introduced a feature allowing users to ask questions to Grok by tagging an automated @Grok account, joining Perplexity in offering quick access.

Researchers at Alibaba have launched START, a new tool-integrated reasoning model that greatly boosts LLM capabilities through code execution and self-checking.

Hedra has revealed Character-3, an ‘omnimodal model’ that can reason across images, text, and audio to generate high-quality videos.

Luma Labs has rolled out Ray2 Flash, an upgraded version of its top-tier video generation model, delivering three times faster speed and reduced costs.

Sudowrite has unveiled Muse, a new AI model designed for fiction writing, offering advanced storytelling abilities and longer attention spans for chapter-length content.

AI DEVELOPMENT
Microsoft Shifts Focus: Moving Beyond OpenAI in AI Innovation

The MAI models are said to rival top offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic, with plans to make them available through Azure.

They are currently being tested as potential replacements for OpenAI’s technology in Copilot, alongside trials of alternatives from xAI, Meta, and DeepSeek.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is said to have grown frustrated last fall by OpenAI’s refusal to share the workings of its o1 reasoning model.

Additionally, OpenAI renegotiated a deal with Microsoft in January, enabling the use of other server providers, further straining the relationship between the two companies.

Why it matters: Despite Microsoft’s $13B investment in OpenAI, their partnership has long been tense. As competition has surged, Microsoft may no longer feel as tied to OpenAI, and an internal rival model would likely alter the dynamic even further.

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Template Hub - Marketplace for creating, sharing, and deploying specialized AI agents.

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AI DESIGNS

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AI FUN FACT
DID YOU KNOW?

AI is being used in dentistry to develop tools that can predict oral diseases, such as cavities and gum disease, by analyzing dental X-rays with remarkable accuracy, even detecting issues that may be hard for the human eye to spot!

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