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Microsoft Unveils New Quantum and AI Technologies
Microsoft launched a new quantum chip, Majorana 2, aiming to accelerate the timeline for useful quantum computing. The company also introduced its first advanced reasoning AI model, MAI-Thinking-1, at Build 2026.
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The Verge
Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new "flagship" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year - before then, it had relied on OpenAI's models. The two companie
2026-06-02 18:12 UTC
The Verge
Microsoft claimed last year that it had made a key breakthrough in quantum computing with Majorana 1, the company's first quantum processor. While physicists were immediately skeptical of Microsoft's claims, the software giant is announcing Majorana 2 today, the next generation of its topological qu
2026-06-02 18:15 UTC