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MAI Image

Microsoft AI’s image-generation and editing line, separate from its language and coding models.

First model
2025
Models
5
Latest dated version
MAI-Image-2.6-Flash

01 / RELEASE SEQUENCE

Family release sequence

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  1. 2025-10-13MAI-Image-1Image generation
  2. 2026-03-19MAI-Image-2Image generation
  3. 2026-05-27MAI-Image-2.5Image generation
  4. 2026-08-10MAI-Image-2.6Image generation
  5. 2026-09-04MAI-Image-2.6-FlashImage generation
5 versions
What changed ↓

02 / GENERATIONS

What changed

01

MAI-Image-1

Microsoft’s first image model developed entirely in-house, initially shown on LMArena before entering Bing Image Creator.

02

MAI-Image-2

The second MAI image generation, improving realism and text rendering, initially offered in Playground and selected customer APIs.

03

MAI-Image-2.5

MAI’s unified image generation and editing model, improving text rendering, localized edits, and identity consistency.

04

MAI-Image-2.6

Microsoft’s image-generation and editing model with improved text rendering and commercial design, available in Playground and Foundry private preview.

05

MAI-Image-2.6-Flash

The high-throughput MAI-Image-2.6 tier for low-latency, high-volume image generation with comparable quality.