$MAI-C-1-F
So This is crazy, I found this new Microsoft software product that's shaking up the AI coding space. Microsoft just launched MAI-Code-1-Flash, their own in-house coding AI model. It's now available for free inside GitHub Copilot for all users (free tier included), starting today. This is notable because it's not based on OpenAI tech — Microsoft built and trained it themselves as part of their new MAI (Microsoft AI) model family.e511be x.com Key details about MAI-Code-1-Flash: Specialized for coding — Optimized for programming tasks with strong performance. Performance claims: 60% fewer tokens used on complex tasks compared to similar models. Scores 85.8% on Microsoft's adversarial coding benchmark. Massive 256K context window (great for large codebases). Trained directly in Copilot's production environment rather than the usual "train then ship" approach. The broader MAI model family: MAI-Code-1-Flash — Coding specialist MAI-Thinking-1 — General reasoning (35B parameters) MAI-Image-2.5 — Image generation MAI-Transcribe-1.5 — Speech transcription in 43 languages This move signals Microsoft going more independent from OpenAI on certain AI capabilities while still powering GitHub Copilot. How to try it for free: Create a free GitHub account. Enable GitHub Copilot (free plan, no credit card needed). Install the GitHub Copilot VS Code extension. Sign in. Open Copilot Chat (Ctrl+Shift+I). Select MAI-Code-1-Flash from the model dropdown at the bottom. If you already have Copilot, you can just switch to it in the chat settings.
