Microsoft released MAI-Code-1.1-Flash and MAI-Thinking-1, pairing a fast coding model with a separate reasoning model.
New Runtime reading: The release points to a portfolio strategy for agent workloads: use different models for interactive code loops and deeper reasoning, then make routing and evaluation part of the product rather than forcing one model into every task.
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