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MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 is an AI model made by Microsoft. It is in preview. It takes text, image and returns image. Its context window is 32,000 tokens.
In inglese
- Released
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 2026-08-10 and 2026-08-14
- Status
- Preview — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text, Image — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Image — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: The maker's cited model pages do not state whether the model's weights are open.
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The maker's cited pages do not print the name of a licence for this model.
- Context window
- 32,000 tokens — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 4096 and 2359296
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The maker's cited pages do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for this model.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not print a standard input price per 1,000,000 tokens for this image model.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not print a standard output price per 1,000,000 tokens for this image model.
- Where
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: api, app, cloud and api, app
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The maker's cited pages do not publish the model's parameter count.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.6 and https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Image-2.6-Model-Card.pdf
Questions
Is MAI-Image-2.6 still available?
It is in preview: Microsoft has not made it generally available yet.
What is the context window of MAI-Image-2.6?
The context window of MAI-Image-2.6 is 32,000 tokens, as Microsoft prints it.
What does MAI-Image-2.6 take and return?
MAI-Image-2.6 takes text, image and returns image.
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Sources
- MAI-Image-2.6 | Model Catalog | Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- MAI-Image-2.6 launches at No. 2 on Arena ahead of Google, Meta and xAI (read 16 October 2026)
- Deploy and use MAI image models in Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- MAI-Image-2.6 - Microsoft Foundry Labs (read 16 October 2026)