Microsoft Releases MAI Models, Google Ships Gemma 4
Microsoft and Google both announced new AI model releases on April 2, 2026. Microsoft introduced three MAI models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2—available only via Azure Foundry and a US-only MAI Playground. Google released Gemma 4 under an Apache 2.0 license, offering four variants (including 26B and 31B) that run locally or offline and are downloadable from Hugging Face, Kaggle, and Ollama.
Scoring Rationale
Official announcements from Microsoft and Google introduce significant new multimodal and local-run capabilities, notably Google’s Gemma 4 under Apache 2.0. Score slightly reduced because Microsoft’s MAI releases are cloud- and US-limited, which reduces immediate access for practitioners.
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