AI BriefingMicrosoft's MAI-Image-2.6 and MAI-Image-2.6-Flash now available on AI Gateway
Key point
The models support up to five reference images for edits and output sizes up to 1536 × 1536.
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Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.6 and MAI-Image-2.6-Flash are now accessible via AI Gateway, allowing users to generate images from text or edit existing ones through the AI SDK or AI CLI with a single API key and no separate provider account.
Both models handle photorealistic imagery, text rendering, and targeted edits for products, portraits, and layouts. Users can provide up to five reference images to guide edits or combine subjects, with maximum output dimensions of 1536 × 1536.
The two variants cater to different needs:
- MAI-Image-2.6 (
microsoft/mai-image-2.6) is optimized for final assets where image quality is prioritized over speed. - MAI-Image-2.6-Flash (
microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash) offers faster generation at a lower cost, suitable for high-volume iterations like prompt exploration or generating variations.
Developers can use the respective model IDs to call generateImage with a text prompt or pass an image as input with an editing instruction. The models are also available for testing in the model playground.
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