Microsoft Introduces MAI-Image-1, Its First Natively Developed Image Generation AI Model

Microsoft has unveiled MAI-Image-1, its first in-house AI image generation model. The model debuted in the top 10 on LMArena’s text-to-image leaderboard and will soon be integrated into Microsoft products like Copilot and Bing Image Creator. It follows MAI-Voice-1 and focuses on producing photorealistic, fast-rendering visuals.