Microsoft replaces OpenAI's image-generating models with its MAI models in its products; Mustafa Suleyman says MAI models are ~85% cheaper to run in PowerPoint (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Microsoft is swapping OpenAI image models for in-house MAI models in products, cutting PowerPoint generation costs by about 85%.
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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-23/microsoft-replacing-openai-image-ai-models-in-powerpoint-bing"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260723/i43.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260723/p43#a260723p43" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Brody Ford / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-23/microsoft-replacing-openai-image-ai-models-in-powerpoint-bing">Microsoft replaces OpenAI's image-generating models with its MAI models in its products; Mustafa Suleyman says MAI models are ~85% cheaper to run in PowerPoint</a></b></span> — Microsoft Corp. is replacing OpenAI's image-generating models with its own technology in popular products like PowerPoint and Bing.</p>
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