Microsoft today unveiled MAI-Image-1, its first image-generation model built entirely in-house. The model is designed to add genuine value for creators and is trained to avoid repetitive or generically stylized outputs, Microsoft says.

OpenAI, the startup at the heart of the AI boom, struck deals in recent weeks with chipmakers Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom that may cost over $1 trillion to secure about 26 gigawatts of computing capacity, enough to power roughly 20 million U.S. homes.