Self-sufficiency in AI has become a top priority for the company, but homegrown models rumored for release last year are still in testing.

Microsoft and OpenAI have worked closely since 2019, with Microsoft investing over $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker. However, the partnership seems to be shifting. Microsoft’s AI division, now led by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, has been expanding its in-house capabilities.

US tech giant Microsoft is reportedly developing its own artificial intelligence reasoning models as it sets itself up to be another major player in the AI race, putting it in competition with its partner,

The artificial intelligence startup released a platform that lets companies create their own AI bots for completing tasks such as customer service and financial analysis.

OpenAI’s new Responses API comes with web search, the ability to look through files, and computer use out of the box.