Self-sufficiency in AI has become a top priority for the company, but homegrown models rumored for release last year are still in testing.

Microsoft and OpenAI have worked closely since 2019, with Microsoft investing over $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker. However, the partnership seems to be shifting. Microsoft’s AI division, now led by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, has been expanding its in-house capabilities.

Microsoft is developing its own artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning models, internally known as 'MAI,' to reduce reliance on OpenAI and

US tech giant Microsoft is reportedly developing its own artificial intelligence reasoning models as it sets itself up to be another major player in the AI race, putting it in competition with its partner,

Microsoft is working on in-house AI reasoning models to compete with OpenAI and may sell them to developers, as per report.

Microsoft has created in-house artificial intelligence models it believes can go toe-to-toe with industry leaders including partner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the situation.