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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman launches MAI-Image-2.5, debuting at third on the Arena text-to-image leaderboard

The model outperformed its predecessor, MAI-Image-2, by 72 points.

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Exciting news, MAI-Image-2.5 (Preview) from @MicrosoftAI debuts at #3 in the Text-to-Image Arena with a score of 1,254 — a +72 point improvement over MAI-Image-2. A top 5 arena previously held only by @GoogleDeepMind and @OpenAI has a new lab in the mix. Congrats to the @MicrosoftAI team on this accomplishment.

11:48 AM · May 26, 2026 View on X

Meet MAI-Image-2.5 - ranked third on the @arena text-to-image leaderboard. It's another great advance in quality. And with Build just a week away, there's much more to come from the @MicrosoftAI team. I can't wait.

6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 15.7K Views

Pleased to report that the model gets it right where it really matters: strong visual reasoning across objects, scene structure, lighting, scale, and spatial relationships, helping turn simple directions into polished images.

Mustafa SuleymanMustafa Suleyman@mustafasuleyman

Meet MAI-Image-2.5 - ranked third on the @arena text-to-image leaderboard. It's another great advance in quality. And with Build just a week away, there's much more to come from the @MicrosoftAI team. I can't wait.

6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 15.7K Views
6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 1.4K Views

We know that professional grade creative work requires getting every detail right: script on a poster, labels on packaging, the way light falls across a scene. With MAI-Image-2.5, words are sharper, layouts hold together better, scenes feel more deliberate and brand visuals land with more impact and more polish.

Mustafa SuleymanMustafa Suleyman@mustafasuleyman

Pleased to report that the model gets it right where it really matters: strong visual reasoning across objects, scene structure, lighting, scale, and spatial relationships, helping turn simple directions into polished images.

6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 1.4K Views
6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2.9K Views

Try MAI-Image-2.5 today on http://Arena.ai, also coming to the MAI Playground and Microsoft Foundry next week. https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-image-2-5-launches-at-no-3-on-arena-ai/

Mustafa SuleymanMustafa Suleyman@mustafasuleyman

We know that professional grade creative work requires getting every detail right: script on a poster, labels on packaging, the way light falls across a scene. With MAI-Image-2.5, words are sharper, layouts hold together better, scenes feel more deliberate and brand visuals land with more impact and more polish.

6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2.9K Views
6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2K Views

@mustafasuleyman @arena @MicrosoftAI Amazing work. This is a nano banana pro quality model, which is a huge achievement.

Mustafa SuleymanMustafa Suleyman@mustafasuleyman

Meet MAI-Image-2.5 - ranked third on the @arena text-to-image leaderboard. It's another great advance in quality. And with Build just a week away, there's much more to come from the @MicrosoftAI team. I can't wait.

6:48 PM · May 26, 2026 · 15.7K Views
9:43 PM · May 26, 2026 · 56 Views
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