Microsoft says it built the model \u201cfrom scratch\u201d with \u201cno distillation\u201d of rival models \u2013 a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor\u2019s outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.<\/p>\n
The tool, still limited to a select group of customers, arrives roughly a year-and-a-half behind pioneers such as OpenAI and Google.<\/p>\n
Microsoft also unveiled other in-house models for generating images, transcribing audio, creating synthetic voices and coding.<\/p>\n
Joining the broader Silicon Valley craze, the group aims to ride the wave of so-called \u201cagentic\u201d AI, which has moved the technology beyond a simple chatbot to one that acts on your behalf.<\/p>\n
It unveiled Microsoft Scout, an \u201calways-on\u201d assistant \u2013 for preparing meetings, managing schedules and drafting emails \u2013 based on OpenClaw, the open-source software whose global popularity launched this wave in late 2025.<\/p>\n
Scout is available only to a limited circle of customers. Last week, Google unveiled its own autonomous agent, Gemini Spark, reserved for its premium US subscribers.<\/p>\n
Microsoft also announced an Nvidia-powered mini-PC, the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, capable of running AI models offline, as well as an AI platform dedicated to scientific research.<\/p>\n
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