MAI-Image-2-Efficient
Microsoft · · 721 days after Phi-3-medium
Verified
1 of 1 published values traced to a source1 primary source, 1 archived1 not researched yet
Why this status
Cited to the lab's own announcement, and every value it asserts was found there.
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A cost-reduced tier of the MAI-Image-2 line, positioned at flagship quality for lower cost.
Details
| Released | April 14, 2026stated in microsoft.aiMAI-Image-2-Efficient was released on April 14, 2026.
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| Company | Microsoft |
| Family | MAI-Image |
| Era | Agentic systems |
| Type | Image generation |
| Modalities | Not recorded |
| Capabilities | Not recorded |
| Weights | Proprietary |
| Licence | Not applicable — proprietary |
Current information, elsewhere
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Sources
Record status: verified · confidence 90/100 · 1 of 1 primary
Cited to the lab's own announcement, and every value it asserts was found there.
- microsoft.ai Official announcement archived
Primary means published by the organisation that made the model. Verified records require at least one.
MAI-Image family
- MAI-Image-2-Efficient April 14, 2026
- MAI-Image-2.5 June 2, 2026
- MAI-Image-2.5-Pro July 23, 2026
- MAI-Image-2.6 August 10, 2026
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