Microsoft AI debuts MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that it says beats Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe, at $0.10/audio hour through 2026 (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Then it priced the thing at 10 cents per hour of audio. — That figure deserves a pause. … Thursday's early-bird price cuts that by roughly 72%.
Microsoft AI has introduced MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that it claims outperforms Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe. According to VentureBeat, the model is priced at $0.10 per audio hour through 2026. This price represents a roughly 72% cut from an earlier figure.
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