Announced at Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference, the partnership of XAI’s language models, where Elon Musk addressed a concern about the performance and reliability after facing criticism. People have raised concerns about its language models generating controversial content, including reference to the racially sensitive term related to “White genocide” in the context of South Africa. Sparking strong backlash from both social media users and industry experts.
During the conference, Musk acknowledged the issues but emphasized the company’s commitment to improving its technology. “ Our goal is accuracy and truth,” Musk said. “Mistakes happen, but we are working to correct them quickly.”
Grok 3, XAI’s latest language model, will now be available to Azure users, expanding Microsoft’s already diverse selection of AI tools. Alongside OpenAI’s models, which Microsoft has backed heavily, Azure also offers models from Meta and DeepSeek. Interestingly, Google and Anthropic, two leaders in the AI space, are absent.
Cloud infrastructure is a competition of tech companies. Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are leading the race of competitive marketing as they try to offer the best and most dependable AI tools. Each competitor tries to be the top choice for developers and businesses.
Along with the XAI partnership, Microsoft shared new AI tools at the Build event to help businesses and developers use generative AI models effectively. These tools include a leaderboard showing the best-performing models, a feature suggesting the right model for different tasks, and support for companies that want to train AI with their own data.
The conference also highlighted efforts to create more standardization in how AI systems operate. Microsoft revealed that Windows and other Microsoft products will support the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a framework designed to streamline interactions between AI agents. Microsoft and GitHub have both joined MCP’s steering committee.
Microsoft has become a leading service provider in the AI world thanks to its multi-billion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The company has added AI to many of its products, like developer tools and office apps, hoping that the boost in productivity will make the high cost of running AI systems worthwhile.
With the addition of XAI’s Grok 3 and continued investment in AI development tools, Microsoft is doubling down on its commitment to lead in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence.
