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THE HUMANIST REVIEW OF AI
Three elderly people relax on the grass in front of a red car with the license plate "ILUVMAl," enjoying a countryside setting with green fields and stone walls in the background.
A lush garden with tall grasses, purple coneflowers, and wildflowers borders a winding path, with a large, light-colored building visible in the background among green trees.
A person leans out of a window with green shutters on a red wall. Colorful laundry hangs on a line below the window, and a large shadow is cast on the wall.
A yellow carton labeled "LEMONS" sits among whole and halved lemons. The carton reads "JAVAAD," "Drink with joy," and "Fresh sweet lemon juice" in bold pink and white text.
A white horse runs through a colorful field of pink and yellow flowers, reflected in calm water under a bright blue sky with distant green hills.
A white cap with "VUCO RUN CLUB" written on it sits on a light blue surface next to a black headset and a silver portable cassette player.
A bag of CHIPCHIPS Peking Duck flavored potato chips stands upright, with a large chip image on the front. A few chips are scattered in the foreground. The bag is dark brown with bold orange text.
Aerial view of children playing on a pink court with a soccer ball and a green-yellow ball. Long shadows stretch across the ground, and one child is riding a scooter.

MAI-Image-2.5

Create high-quality, photorealistic, and design-ready images from simple text prompts or uploaded images.
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Features

MAI-Image-2.5 is built around how people create, with precise control over every edit, whether you’re creating casually or at a professional level.

Photorealism that holds up

Natural lighting and accurate skin tones, rendered the way you envisioned it.

A young woman in profile on a rooftop, blowing soap bubbles against an overcast sky.A young woman in profile on a rooftop, blowing soap bubbles against an overcast sky. She has long straight black hair, windswept slightly, and wears a dark navy double-breasted school uniform jacket with gold buttons and a white collar. She holds a hot pink bubble solution bottle in one hand and a neon lime-green wand to her lips in the other. Five iridescent bubbles of varying sizes float around her.Behind her: low-rise apartment buildings under a flat gray sky, a black metal railing, and weathered concrete underfoot.
Film photography aesthetic. Cool, desaturated palette with muted tones, broken by the vivid pink and green of the bubble props. Natural overcast light, slight grain. Mood: nostalgic, youthful, quietly melancholic. Landscape orientation.

Reveal prompt

Precision at every pixel

Fine-grained control means images come out closer to your vision, reducing post-processing.
A plain beige canvas tote bag with two handles sits on a light brown surface in front of a green painted brick wall, with sunlight casting shadows across the scene.
A bright orange tote bag with two handles sits on a light-colored surface in front of a teal brick wall, partially illuminated by sunlight.
A plain beige canvas tote bag with two handles sits on a light brown surface in front of a green painted brick wall, with sunlight casting shadows across the scene.

Change the tote color to orange

Edits are sharp and remain coherent in context.

A person wearing a white shirt and blue jeans stands against a green brick wall, holding a bright orange tote bag over their shoulder. The scene is brightly lit, casting a shadow on the wall.
A person stands sideways against a green brick wall, carrying an orange tote bag over their shoulder with pink flowers peeking out. They wear a white shirt and blue jeans.
A person wearing a white shirt and blue jeans stands against a green brick wall, holding a bright orange tote bag over their shoulder. The scene is brightly lit, casting a shadow on the wall.

Add peonies peeking out the tote

Adapts visuals while preserving layout and composition.

A woman in dark sunglasses and a black jacket stands on a busy city street at sunset, with sunlight illuminating her face. People walk around her, and historic buildings line the street.
A woman in sunglasses and a black jacket stands in a busy city street at sunset, with crowds and colorful billboards in the background.
A woman in dark sunglasses and a black jacket stands on a busy city street at sunset, with sunlight illuminating her face. People walk around her, and historic buildings line the street.

Edit this image to have the woman walking through the streets of New York City

Accurate world knowledge and reasoning.

A small, white Chihuahua dog sits on a gray surface in front of a black background, looking slightly to the side.
A small dog wearing a wig and sunglasses walks on a crosswalk, mimicking the Abbey Road album cover, with vintage cars and people in the background.
A small, white Chihuahua dog sits on a gray surface in front of a black background, looking slightly to the side.

Chihuahua in Abbey Road album cover with moptop wig

Material and physical-property accuracy

Design-aware generation

Built to perform across branding, product, and commercial design work.
Embossed text "ORVA" in elegant serif font on textured, off-white paper, with soft shadows cast across the surface.
A lit amber glass candle labeled "ORVA" sits on a wooden table in a softly lit, cozy room with neutral decor and blurred furniture in the background.
A brown glass candle labeled "ORVA" is lit, with a single flame and soft shadows cast on a neutral surface. The label indicates it is a scented candle, weighing 8.5 oz or 240 g.
A brown candle jar labeled "ORVA" floats against a gray background, with green leaves blurred in the foreground, creating a soft, airy effect.
A lit ORVA scented candle sits on a light surface, surrounded by a pump bottle, a brown dropper bottle, and a small jar with a wooden lid. Soft light and shadows create a calm, spa-like atmosphere.

Model Family

The Eiffel Tower glows with golden lights at dusk, rising above the rooftops of Paris under a cloudy blue sky.

MAI-Image-2.5-Pro

Robust object consistency with better visual reasoning and world knowledge.

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A woman with hoop earrings and red lipstick looks through her hands, which are forming a heart shape. She is wearing a red fuzzy top against a vibrant red background.

MAI-Image-2.5

Built for high-quality generation and precise, controllable editing.

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A blurred image of a tennis player running on a green court, with a racket in hand and a tennis ball on the ground, capturing the motion and speed of the sport.

MAI-Image-2.5-Flash

Production-ready quality at less than half the price of our flagship model.

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Performance

Arena Leaderboard

Ranked third in the text-to-image family.

As of June 2, 2026.

Quality vs. Price

Image Arena Elo vs. representative API price per 1,000 images

Featured Partners

The letters "WPP" are formed using a pattern of evenly spaced black dots on a light gray background.

“MAI-Image-2.5-Pro is a strong leap forward for GenMedia tools. Beyond the impressive image quality, its ability to render text with this kind of accuracy is a real breakthrough. It also understands natural language edits, so creative iteration becomes faster and far more intuitive. Microsoft has firmly established itself among the leaders in generative AI.”



- Rob Reilly, Global Chief Creative Officer, WPP

The Shutterstock logo in gray, with stylized letters and circular design elements around the "o".

“MAI-Image-2-Efficient shows strong progress in prompt fidelity and creative usability across a range of workflows. In our evaluation work, we look closely at how well models translate intent into consistent, production-ready outputs, and this model is trending in the right direction. That level of reliability is what ultimately matters when teams move from experimentation into real-world use.”



– Vanessa Salvo, Principal Product Manager, Shutterstock

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