Frontier AI is the goal, and Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to get there by 2027. boliviainteligente / Unsplash Microsoft has been pushing AI on consumers whether they wanted it or not. Given the ferocity with which the company has been pushing AI into its products , you might be surprised to learn that it didn’t use its own AI. It took OpenAI’s technology, wrapped it into Copilot and Teams, and called it a day. But things are changing. Whether the company noticed the public’s negative reaction to its bloated Windows 11 operating system or saw Linux gaining market share in gaming , Microsoft is finally working to introduce a calmer Windows 11 and focus on developing its own AI models. As reported by Bloomberg , Mustafa Suleiman, CEO of Microsoft AI, made the ambition clear: “Certainly by 2027, the objective is to really get to state-of-the-art,” covering models that can handle text, images, and audio. What was stopping Microsoft from doing this sooner? A contract.…