Microsoft AI's Suleyman: MAI-Base-2 trained cleanly over the full run
nathanbenaich · x · 2026-10-16
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced that MAI-Base-2 trained "perfectly cleanly" over the full run, with a smooth loss curve, crediting careful scaling ladders and steady refinement of the training recipe. Investor Nathan Benaich amplified it as "butter smooth" — another public signal of Microsoft's in-house frontier model progress.
Related event: Microsoft AI completes pre-training of 3T-parameter MAI-Base-2(7 posts)→
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