Microsoft and GitHub have announced a deep collaboration aimed at simplifying the AI application development process, making it easier for 100 million developers worldwide to build AI applications on the GitHub platform. With the seamless integration of Codespaces and Visual Studio Code on GitHub.com, developers can directly use Azure AI services, including access to leading AI model libraries, direct access to Azure AI through GitHub Models, and harnessing the power of Azure AI.

OpenAI announced today that its new flagship model, GPT-4o mini, has been launched on Azure AI, supporting text processing capabilities, with plans to introduce image, audio, and video functionalities in the future.GPT-4o mini is significantly smarter than GPT-3.5Turbo—scoring 82% on the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark compared to GPT-3.5Turbo's 70%—and is over 60% cheaper. This model offers an expanded 128K context window and integrates the enhanced multilingual capa

Microsoft Azure AI has announced the addition of 40 new large models to its cloud development platform, including Whisper V3, Stable Diffusion, Phi, Falcon, SAM, and more. Developers can easily integrate through APIs or SDKs, supporting features such as data fine-tuning and instruction optimization. The model marketplace offers keyword search, allowing developers to quickly find products suitable for various applications. Notable newly added models include the Whisper V3 speech model and Stable Diffusion.

Microsoft's Azure AI Text-to-Speech service has been upgraded, introducing a new male voice and expanded language support. The new male voice, Ryan Multilingual, allows users to create diverse user experiences. Language support has expanded from 14 to 41 languages, offering users more choices.