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MAI-Image-2
MAI-Image-2 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft retired it on 15 August 2026. It takes text and returns image.
- Released
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 2026-04-02 and 2026-02-20
- Status
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: retired and preview
- Takes
- Text — labs.ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Image — labs.ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state whether MAI-Image-2 weights are open or downloadable.
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not name a licence for MAI-Image-2.
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not print a standard context-window size for MAI-Image-2.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not print a standard maximum output-token limit for MAI-Image-2.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for MAI-Image-2.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The current maker pricing table does not publish a numerical standard input price for MAI-Image-2; its row shows "$-". The announcement's launch price is not a numerical price on the pricing page required by this register.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The current maker pricing table does not publish a numerical standard output price for MAI-Image-2; its row shows "$-". The announcement's launch price is not a numerical price on the pricing page required by this register.
- Where
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: api and api, app
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not publish a parameter count for MAI-Image-2.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: The maker's MAI-Image-2 page is an overview, not an identified model card or system card; no card address is provided there.
Questions
What does MAI-Image-2 take and return?
MAI-Image-2 takes text and returns image.
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Sources
- Introducing MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 in Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- MAI-Image-2 - Microsoft Foundry Labs (read 16 October 2026)
- Foundry Models Pricing | Microsoft Azure (read 16 October 2026)