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MAI-Image-2-Efficient
MAI-Image-2-Efficient is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 14 April 2026. Microsoft retired it on 15 August 2026.
In inglese
MAI-Image-2-Efficient is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 14 April 2026. Microsoft retired it on 15 August 2026. It takes text and returns image. Its context window is 32,000 tokens.
- Released
- 14 April 2026 — techcommunity.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: retired and ga
- Takes
- Text — devblogs.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Image — devblogs.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: Microsoft's cited pages do not state whether this model's weights are open or downloadable.
- Licence
- Not confirmed: Microsoft's cited pages do not name a licence for this model.
- Context window
- 32,000 tokens — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The cited API documentation describes image output but does not print a standard maximum output-token limit for this model.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: Microsoft's cited pages do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for this model.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The Microsoft pricing page lists “MAI-Image-2-Efficient Global” with “$-” for input, not a numeric standard-tier price. The numeric input price in the launch announcement is not stated on the pricing page.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The Microsoft pricing page lists “MAI-Image-2-Efficient Global” with “$-” for output, not a numeric standard-tier price. The numeric output price in the launch announcement is not stated on the pricing page.
- Where
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: api and api, app
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: Microsoft's cited pages do not publish a parameter count for this model.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: I could not confirm a public, maker-hosted model-card page specifically for this model; the cited pages are an announcement, API documentation, a retirement schedule, and a pricing page.
Questions
When was MAI-Image-2-Efficient released?
Microsoft released MAI-Image-2-Efficient on 14 April 2026.
What is the context window of MAI-Image-2-Efficient?
The context window of MAI-Image-2-Efficient is 32,000 tokens, as Microsoft prints it.
What does MAI-Image-2-Efficient take and return?
MAI-Image-2-Efficient takes text and returns image.
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Sources
- Introducing MAI-Image-2-Efficient: Faster, More Efficient Image Generation (read 16 October 2026)
- Deploy and use MAI image models in Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- Model retirement schedule (read 16 October 2026)
- Foundry Models pricing (read 16 October 2026)
- What's new in Microsoft Foundry | April 2026 (read 16 October 2026)