1. Microsoft is training its first large AI model, MAI-1.
2. MAI-1 aims to reach the level of GPT-4.
3. MAI-1 is a 500 billion parameter Mixture of Experts (MoE) model.
4. The model's training will conclude this month.
5. Microsoft seeks to reduce reliance on OpenAI.
6. OpenAI collaborates with competitors like Salesforce while using Microsoft's Azure.
7. Microsoft acquired Inflection AI and appointed Mustafa Suleyman to lead Microsoft AI.
8. Microsoft uses Inflection AI's datasets and its own synthetic datasets for training MAI-1.
Microsoft's new AI model, MAI-1, aims to match GPT-4. This 500 billion parameter model's training will conclude this month. Microsoft seeks to reduce reliance on OpenAI, which collaborates with competitors while using Microsoft's Azure. Recently, Microsoft acquired Inflection AI and appointed Mustafa Suleyman to lead its AI efforts, using a combination of Inflection's and its own datasets for training.
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