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Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's Humanist Superintelligence Bet

The Neuron: AI Explained

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Topics: AI | Product | Technology

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, explains how seven new models launched at Build 2026 form the building blocks of humanist superintelligence.

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Microsoft's MAI Thinking 1 uses a 50% code pre-trained model with 35 billion active parameters, optimised for STEM reasoning rather than consumer use cases.

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The humanist superintelligence framework tests whether technology accelerates human progress, particularly through scientific breakthroughs that improve health and longevity globally.

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Mayo Clinic partnership will train a new foundation model from scratch using the world's largest digitised longitudinal patient records to democratise elite healthcare diagnostics.

"Every clinician is going to have an AI-assisted tool 24-7." - Mustafa Suleyman