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Microsoft's new MAI‑Image‑2.6 outperforms all rivals except GPT‑Image‑2 on Arena leaderboard

… Today, Microsoft introduced MAI-Image-2.6, its latest image generation model, which is now ranked 2 on the Arena leaderboard, only behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2. This new model scored +79 Elo over MAI-Image-2.5 in the Arena's text-to-image category. …

Aug 11, 2026 · Pradeep Viswanathan

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Microsoft expands its in-house AI push with new image and voice models

… The model debuted at the 3 position on Arena's leaderboard, trailing only Google's gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and OpenAI's gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity. In May, the Microsoft AI team announced MAI-Image-2.5 , its latest text-to-image model, which debuted at No. 3 on Arena’s leaderboard. …

Jul 24, 2026 · Pradeep Viswanathan