Microsoft Ships MAI-Code-1-Flash at Build — In-House Coding Model to Cut OpenAI Reliance

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At its Build developer conference, Microsoft unveiled MAI-Code-1-Flash, its first model that turns written descriptions into source code for apps and websites, explicitly aimed at lowering developer costs and reducing dependence on OpenAI. It lands the same week Microsoft and Google publicly moved against Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI coding-model market, signaling the platform owners are now building the coding layer themselves.