Microsoft AI unveils MAI-Base-2, claiming superior performance to OpenAI with a fraction of the compute
Microsoft AI has released MAI-Base-2, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 while using only one-quarter of the compute power. The model, trained on 16,000 Nvidia GPUs, marks a significant step in Microsoft’s push to reduce reliance on its partner OpenAI.