Microsoft's MAI-Transcribe-2 tops streaming transcription benchmark at premium price

Microsoft launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, topping Artificial Analysis' leaderboard with 2.5% WER and 0.13s finalization latency. Despite claims of being 55% faster and 60% cheaper, its $9 per 1,000 minutes pricing remains higher than most competitors.

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