Microsoft AI CEO Says New Model Beats OpenAI Using Less Compute
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claimed that the company's in-house model, MAI-Base-2, outperforms OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model while using only one-quarter of the compute power for pre-training, indicating greater efficiency.
- Suleyman revealed that Microsoft conducted private tests comparing MAI-Base-2 to OpenAI's models, including one called "Spud," and found Microsoft's model superior in understanding and predicting information patterns.
- Despite Microsoft's significant investment and partnership with OpenAI, the company is increasingly developing its own AI models, signaling a shift toward independence from OpenAI.
- Suleyman also highlighted that MAI-Base-2 used 12 times less computation than a comparable model from the Chinese lab DeepSeek, emphasizing Microsoft's focus on computational efficiency.
- Microsoft has reorganized its AI teams, assigning Suleyman to lead the superintelligence unit focused on building AI models, while declining to comment on these developments; OpenAI did not respond to requests for comment.
