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Microsoft unveils seven homegrown AI models in new bid for ‘long term self-sufficiency’

Microsoft used its Build conference to unveil seven in-house AI models, including a reasoning model it says draws even with Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.6 — part of a push to depend less on the AI partners it has invested billions in. Read More

Microsoft CTO to AI startups: Stop waiting for better models and ‘do the damned experiments’

Kevin Scott says today’s AI tools are already powerful enough to most startup surprise founders. But extracting their value requires unglamorous product work, real customer feedback, and a willingness to experiment. Read More

Allen Institute for AI rivals Google, Meta and OpenAI with open-source AI vision model

Ai2 unveiled Molmo 2, a new open-source AI model that can analyze video with precision — tracking objects, counting events, and pinpointing exactly where and when things happen in a clip. The advanced vision system offers an open alternative to closed video models from Google, OpenAI, and others. Read More

AWS CEO Matt Garman thought Amazon needed a million developers — until AI changed his mind

AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon’s biggest constraint is no longer hiring engineers — it’s coming up with the right ideas. In a re:Invent conversation with the Acquired podcast, he detailed how AI is reshaping development, revealed Bedrock’s scale, and explained why Amazon is “particularly bad” at copying competitors. Read More

AI models

Microsoft unveils seven homegrown AI models in new bid for ‘long term self-sufficiency’

Microsoft CTO to AI startups: Stop waiting for better models and ‘do the damned experiments’

Allen Institute for AI rivals Google, Meta and OpenAI with open-source AI vision model

AWS CEO Matt Garman thought Amazon needed a million developers — until AI changed his mind

Allen Institute for AI lands $152M from Nvidia and NSF to lead national AI project

Microsoft rolls out OpenAI’s GPT-5 — and Elon Musk rolls out the commentary

Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license