Microsoft AI Lab Unveils MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-Preview: New In-House Models for Voice AI

Microsoft AI Lab has launched two new in-house AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, marking a significant step in the companys independent AI research efforts. MAI-Voice-1 is a transformer-based speech synthesis model capable of generating high-fidelity, natural-sounding audio in under one second per minute using a single GPU, supporting multilingual and multi-speaker scenarios with applications in interactive assistants and podcast narration, and is integrated into Microsoft products like Copilot Daily.