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Microsoft unveils MAI-Image-2.5, ranks third in Arena text-to-image evaluation
Microsoft unveiled its in-house image-generation AI model MAI-Image-2.5. The company said the model ranked third globally in the text-to-image category of Arena, an external evaluation service that uses blinded human assessments. Microsoft said MAI-Image-2.5 improves image quality and text rendering over MAI-Image-2, and enhances reasoning around subjects, scene structure, lighting, scale and spatial relationships. The model is due to be available within 2 weeks on MAI Playground.
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Microsoft unveils faster, lower-cost AI image generation model
Microsoft has unveiled MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a budget version of its AI image generation model. The model uses the same architecture as MAI-Image-2 but is positioned as cheaper and faster. Microsoft said it can generate 1024 by 1024 images on Nvidia H100 up to 22 percent faster while cutting costs by 41 percent. It also highlighted differences in output style and said the model is available via Microsoft Foundry and MAI Playground with specified API pricing.
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Microsoft launches in-house voice and image AI models with aggressive pricing
Microsoft has unveiled three in-house AI models covering speech transcription, voice generation and image creation, a report said. The models are available through Microsoft Foundry and MAI Playground. The company said its transcription model posted a 3.8 percent average word error rate across the top 25 languages on the FLEURS benchmark and outperformed rival systems in most languages. It is also applying aggressive pricing and testing the model in Copilot and Teams features.