Microsoft stands ready to introduce a new family of its own AI models next week at the Build developer conference in San Francisco. One stands out. A specialized coding model aims to strengthen GitHub Copilot and reverse recent losses in the competitive arena of AI-assisted programming. The Information first reported the plans on Thursday. The Information described the coding model as part of a broader push. Additional models will target transcription, reasoning, speech and image tasks. Microsoft declined to comment to Reuters on the report. Yet its shares rose nearly 3 percent after the news broke. This move comes at a pivotal moment. The company has relied heavily on models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to drive Copilot. That tool enjoyed strong early adoption among developers. But rivals gained fast. Products such as Anthropic’s Claude Code climbed to leading positions in AI coding assistance. Microsoft now seeks to catch up with models developed in-house. And the stakes run high.…