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Microsoft's New AI Image Tool Beats Nano Banana on This Key Task
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Microsoft's New AI Image Tool Beats Nano Banana on This Key Task

CNET · Jun 3, 2026, 6:30 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Microsoft is coming for the king of the AI image generator game, and on at least one metric, it didn't miss.
  • When you think about Microsoft and its AI offerings like Copilot, you probably don't think about creative work.
  • Read more: Microsoft Build: All the Biggest Copilot AI, Agent and Chip News From San Francisco

Microsoft is coming for the king of the AI image generator game, and on at least one metric, it didn't miss. The company on Tuesday dropped two new text-to-image models, named MAI-Image-2.5, as part of a series of next-generation AI models. But how does it compare to the gold standard in image generation, Google's Nano Banana?

When you think about Microsoft and its AI offerings like Copilot, you probably don't think about creative work. The capabilities of these two new models -- the regular 2.5 and a quicker Flash one -- are designed to change your mind.

Read more: Microsoft Build: All the Biggest Copilot AI, Agent and Chip News From San Francisco

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