Microsoft Launches Its Own AI Models, TTS and LLM | MAI-Voice-1 & MAI-1-Preview

Microsoft just announced its own AI models — breaking new ground beyond the OpenAI partnership. On August 28, 2025 they revealed: • A Text-to-Speech model (MAI-Voice-1) - efficient, supports multi-speaker audio, free to test • A Large Language Model (MAI-1-Preview) — already ranked #15 on the LM Arena Leaderboard Links: Announcement: https://microsoft.ai/news/two-new-in-house-models/ Test here: https://copilot.microsoft.com/labs/audio-expression/ This marks the first time Microsoft is publishing models directly, showing they’re building their own strength alongside OpenAI. #MAI #MicrosoftAI #OpenAI #AInews #LLM #TTS #MAI-1-Preview #MAI-Voice-1 #Copilot #shorts #viralshorts