Microsoft AI Finishes Pre-training MAI-Base-2
According to Microsoft AI, MAI-Base-2 beats every open-weight base model it tested. Post-training is still underway, with weight licensing planned for trusted Foundry partners.
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According to Microsoft AI, MAI-Base-2 beats every open-weight base model it tested. Post-training is still underway, with weight licensing planned for trusted Foundry partners.
Microsoft announced Maia 300, the third generation of its Azure AI chip, built for inference. Microsoft expects about 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems, with deployments from 2027, while Maia 200 already runs Copilot.
Google Cloud used Gemini at Work 2026 to introduce the Gemini agent, a single agent for work that takes objectives instead of instructions, plans on its own, connects to company systems and works inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets. It picks between Gemini and Claude models, can spin up coworker agents with their own email addresses, and comes with real-time spend caps.
Anthropic has launched two beta tools: Claude Dashboards, which builds live dashboards from your company data, and Claude Motion, which turns a report or idea into a short animated explainer you can download as an MP4. Docs, Slides and Design are now out of beta and available on every Claude plan, including Free.
Under a new agreement, OpenAI’s GPT-6 models will power agents in Rovo and across Atlassian’s platform, while new plugins bring Jira work items and Confluence content straight into ChatGPT and Codex. More than 3,000 Atlassian developers already use Codex.
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business unit that will sell Meta’s AI products to companies and developers, from the Muse agent to Muse Code. It will be led by CJ Desai, until now CEO of MongoDB.
Anthropic says Barclays is widening its use of Claude across software development, customer support and operations. The bank expects Claude Code to reach half its developers by the end of 2026.