Microsoft’s first in-house AI image builder MAI-Image-1 is now available

Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, Available now In two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. Company Announce Model in October. Microsoft’s head of artificial intelligence, Mustafa Suleiman, wrote in an article Share on X The text-to-image model will be “coming soon” in the EU.

Soliman added that the model “really excels” at producing images of food and nature scenes, as well as artistic lighting and realistic details.

Microsoft has previously posted more details about Her blog: “MAI-Image-1 excels at creating photorealistic images, such as lighting (e.g., bounced light, reflections), landscapes, and more. This is especially true when compared to many larger, slower models. Its combination of speed and quality means users can get their ideas on screen faster, iterate quickly, and then transfer their work to other tools to continue improving.”

Microsoft’s MAI-Image-1 will also create AI-generated artwork to accompany AI-generated audio stories in “Story Mode” for Copilot’s text-to-speech platform, Copilot Audio Expressions.

MAI-Image-1 is listed as one of three AI models available on the Bing Image Designer website and app. The other two models, DALL-E 3 and GPT-4o, are from OpenAI.