Microsoft ships three production MAI models on Azure AI Foundry; rejects critical Azure CVE

Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-1 (speech-to-text), MAI-Voice-1 (voice synthesis), and MAI-Image-2 ('campaign-ready' image generation) as enterprise-grade models on Azure AI Foundry. A parallel Global AI Diffusion Report puts AI usage at 17.8% of the global working-age population, with 26 economies above 30% adoption. Separately, Microsoft declined to issue a CVE for a researcher-reported critical Azure vulnerability — drawing sharp criticism from security researchers.