Microsoft's 2.8T model beats GPT-5.6 on 1/4 the compute
Microsoft completed pre-training on MAI-Base-2, a 2.8T-parameter MoE model. Its AI chief claims it outperforms GPT-5.6's base model using only a quarter of the compute.
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Microsoft completed pre-training on MAI-Base-2, a 2.8T-parameter MoE model. Its AI chief claims it outperforms GPT-5.6's base model using only a quarter of the compute.
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