Microsoft details MAI-Base-2 with 2 trillion parameters
Microsoft says MAI-Base-2 performed better in internal tests while using hardware more efficiently by certain measures, and plans to build LLMs from it.
• Microsoft detailed MAI-Base-2, a base model with 2 trillion parameters.
• It says the model beat DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Base in internal tests and was up to 12 times more hardware-efficient by certain measures.
• Microsoft will license its weights to “trusted partners” through Azure and use it to build new LLMs.
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