Microsoft Moves to MAI Models. Kimi K3 Exposes Redis Flaws. ChatGPT Voice Hits Desktop. Soofi S Leads Open Models.

The AI news for July 25th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Microsoft bets on its own AI models: MAI instead of OpenAI. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-setzt-auf-eigene-KI-Modelle-MAI-statt-OpenAI-11377386.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Kimi K3: Chinese AI finds several zero-day vulnerabilities in the Redis database Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Kimi-K3-Chinesische-KI-findet-mehrere-Zero-Day-Luecken-in-redis-Datenbank-11377360.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/openais-new-voice-mode-makes-it-to-the-chatgpt-desktop-app/ A German consortium has published an open AI model Soofi S for German and English. Source: https://the-decoder.de/deutsches-konsortium-veroeffentlicht-offenes-ki-modell-soofi-s-fuer-deutsch-und-englisch/