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MAI-Code-1.1-Flash available in GitHub Copilot

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Microsoft's MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, an updated small coding model with vision support and improved performance, is rolling out in GitHub Copilot at a reduced price.

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MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, Microsoft’s latest small-tier coding model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Building on MAI-Code-1-Flash, it adds native vision support for image understanding and delivers improvements across coding quality, instruction following, tool use, and performance.
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Pricing: 73% lower list price than MAI-Code-1-Flash; 0.25× premium request multiplier for annual subscribers

ModelsMAI-Code-1.1-Flash, MAI-Code-1-Flash

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