[AINews] Microsoft Build: MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI Family Models

[AINews] Microsoft Build: MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI Family models

Microsoft announced seven MAI models at Build, with MAI-Thinking-1 described as a 35B-active-parameter MoE with a 256K context window, and released a 109-page technical report covering training, data lineage, and performance claims.

Why it matters: All HKR axes pass: Microsoft’s MAI family has concrete specs, a long technical report, and clear competitive stakes around its model stack. This clears the 85+ same-day bar, but no weights, pricing, or external evals are disclosed, so it lands at 87.