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MAI-Image-2.5-Flash
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 2 June 2026. Microsoft retired it on 1 October 2026.
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 2 June 2026. Microsoft retired it on 1 October 2026. It takes text, image and returns image.
- Released
- 2 June 2026 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: retired and preview
- Takes
- Text, Image — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Image — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: The Microsoft model card does not state whether the model's weights are open; its Distribution section provides no such value. Source: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash?publisher=microsoft. Page label: "## Distribution".
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The Microsoft model card does not provide a named licence for this model. Source: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash?publisher=microsoft. Page label: "License".
- Context window
- Not confirmed: the figure is not printed in its sentence (a sum or a figure the page does not give)
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 4096 and 1048576
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The Microsoft model card and usage documentation do not state a knowledge-cutoff date. Source: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash?publisher=microsoft. The card identifies the model and its technical details, but gives no cutoff date.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The pricing page shows placeholders rather than a confirmed amount, and does not provide a usable standard input price. Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ai-foundry-models/microsoft/. Table row: "MAI-Image-2.5 Flash | Text: $- / Image: $- | N/A | $-".
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The pricing page shows a placeholder rather than a confirmed amount, and does not provide a usable standard output price. Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ai-foundry-models/microsoft/. Table row: "MAI-Image-2.5 Flash | Text: $- / Image: $- | N/A | $-".
- Where
- API — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The maker's model card and usage documentation do not publish the model's parameter count. The request parameters documented for image generation are API inputs, not a model parameter count.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash?publisher=microsoft and https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash-Model-Card.pdf
Questions
When was MAI-Image-2.5-Flash released?
Microsoft released MAI-Image-2.5-Flash on 2 June 2026.
What does MAI-Image-2.5-Flash take and return?
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash takes text, image and returns image.
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Sources
- MAI-Image-2.5-Flash | Model Catalog | Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- Deploy and use MAI image models in Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- model-releases/CHANGELOG.md (read 16 October 2026)
- Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- Foundry Models Pricing | Microsoft Azure (read 16 October 2026)