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Microsoft AI Models & API in 2026

5 modelsUpdated Sep 2026
Microsoft AI Models & API in 2026

About Microsoft Models

Microsoft is a global technology company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, Azure cloud platform, and its mission to "empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more."

All Microsoft Models

Image Editing

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash-edit

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash-edit

image-to-image

[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Flash Edit is the faster, lower-cost variant of MAI Image 2.6 image editing. [Strengths] It applies prompt-guided edits to a single source image with lower latency than MAI Image 2.6 Edit. [Best For] Highly recommended for: high-throughput edit APIs and production retouching pipelines. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the caller provides more than one source image, a data URI, or a URL that is not publicly reachable over HTTP or HTTPS. It accepts exactly one JPEG or PNG image URL, and output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when edit speed or cost matters more than maximum 2.6 quality. For the highest fidelity, route to MAI Image 2.6 Edit.

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-edit

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-edit

image-to-image

[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Edit is Microsoft's latest prompt-guided image editing model in the MAI Image family. [Strengths] It applies targeted edits to a single source image with the same quality gains as MAI Image 2.6 generation. [Best For] Highly recommended for: object edits, layout changes, text cleanup, and iterative photorealistic retouching. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the caller provides more than one source image, a data URI, or a URL that is not publicly reachable over HTTP or HTTPS. It accepts exactly one JPEG or PNG image URL, and output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when the latest MAI edit quality is required. For faster or lower-cost edits, route to MAI Image 2.6 Flash Edit.

Text to Image

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash

microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash

text-to-image

[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Flash is the faster, lower-cost variant of MAI Image 2.6 text-to-image generation. [Strengths] It targets similar quality to MAI Image 2.6 with lower latency for high-throughput workloads. [Best For] Highly recommended for: production pipelines, batch generation, and latency-sensitive image APIs. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the requested width or height is below 768, or if width x height exceeds 1,048,576 pixels. Output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when speed or cost matters more than maximum 2.6 quality. For the highest fidelity, route to MAI Image 2.6.

microsoft/mai-image-2.6

microsoft/mai-image-2.6

text-to-image

[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 is Microsoft's latest text-to-image generation model in the MAI Image family. [Strengths] It improves text rendering, portraits, 3D imagery, and commercial photorealistic output compared with MAI Image 2.5. [Best For] Highly recommended for: marketing visuals, product hero shots, portraits, and prompts that need accurate on-image text. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the requested width or height is below 768, or if width x height exceeds 1,048,576 pixels. Output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when the latest MAI quality is required. For lower latency or cost, route to MAI Image 2.6 Flash.

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