Microsoft to offer rival AI models from own data center; launches AI coding agent

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SEATTLE :Microsoft said on Monday it would offer new AI models made by Elon Musk's xAI, Meta Platforms and European startups Mistral and Black Forest Labs hosted in its own data centers, and unveiled a new artificial-intelligence tool designed to complete software coding tasks on its own.

While previous iterations of Microsoft's AI coding tools could automatically generate bits of code based on what a developer was already doing, the agent is designed to go much further.

Microsoft's new GitHub Copilot feature is what is known as a coding agent, an AI tool designed to help developers with coding tasks.

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