MAI-Image-2.7

Microsoft · MAI Image line · image

Released October 27, 2026Latest in the line

MAI-Image-2.7 was released by Microsoft on October 27, 2026, as an image model in the MAI Image line.

Release 8 of 8 in the MAI Image line.
Came 53 days after MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, released Sep 4, 2026.
Still the newest model in the line.
These days the line ships a new model about every 49 days.

What changed

Microsoft's new image editing model, launched in preview, scores 42 Elo above MAI-Image-2.6 in blind image-editing votes on Artificial Analysis; it starts with editing only, without text-to-image generation.

Compared with MAI-Image-2.6 · the model it replaces

Scores well above MAI-Image-2.6 in independent blind image-editing comparisons

Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena — people vote between two edited images

1193

▲ up from 1151 for MAI-Image-2.6 · +42 Elo, margin about 15 · #2 on Artificial Analysis, Oct 2026

Sources: Microsoft AI · Artificial Analysis

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MAI-Image-2.7 is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.