Just saw Microsoft dropped MAI-Image-2.5, claiming it’s ranked third globally. Not sure which leaderboard or what metrics they’re using—haven’t seen the details yet, so I’ll take their word for now. The fact that Microsoft is building their own image model is pretty interesting, since before they mostly relied on partners.
Looks like it’s still a general-purpose text-to-image model. Whether it can beat the top tier in texture and text rendering, we’ll have to wait for someone to post real comparison shots.
Anyone got access yet? Drop some side-by-sides with the same prompt—can’t judge just from rankings.