1.23 · Custom Instructions and new models
Set your answer preferences with Custom Instructions and try six new open-weight models. · Published: October 1, 2026
With release 1.23, you can set preferences for how MAIA answers. Six new open-weight models are also available in the model picker.
Custom Instructions
Section titled “Custom Instructions”Open "Personalization" in your account settings and describe how MAIA should respond, such as your preferred language, tone or formatting. Your instructions save automatically and apply across your workspaces from your next message, including in existing chats. You can enter up to 2,000 characters. If your current request conflicts with a saved preference, MAIA follows your current request.
New models
Section titled “New models”Choose Apertus 70B, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Gemma 4, GLM 5.3, Mistral 4 or Qwen 3.8 in the model picker. These are open-weight models hosted in Germany. Select a model manually when you want to use it for your chat. The "Auto" option does not select these models.
Other improvements
Section titled “Other improvements”We also fixed minor bugs and improved stability.
All new features will be available in all workspaces. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to reach out.