MAI-Image-2: Microsoft challenges leaders in AI image generation

Microsoft has announced MAI-Image-2, the second version of its in-house image generation model. This model has reached the third position in Arena.ai's leaderboard, ranking just behind Google and OpenAI's models.

The rollout of MAI-Image-2 is already underway on Copilot and Bing Image Creator. This marks a significant shift for Microsoft, which until recently relied almost exclusively on OpenAI's models to generate images for these platforms.

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