Ngesikhathi sendawo ngo-Agasti 10, iMicrosoft yamemezela ukwethulwa kwemodeli yayo entsha yesizukulwane esilandelayo yokuguqula umbhalo ube izithombe, i-MAI-Image-2.6.
Le modeli isendaweni yesibili ezingeni le-Arena lokuguqula umbhalo ube izithombe, inamaphuzu e-Elo angu-1336, ilandela kuphela i-GPT Image 2 (Medium) ye-OpenAI.
Uma iqhathaniswa nenguqulo 2.5, i-MAI-Image-2.6 inyuse amaphuzu ayo e-Elo ewonke ngamaphuzu angu-79, kanti ikhono lokuhumusha umbhalo ezithombeni lenyuke kakhulu, ngamaphuzu angu-91. Izinga lemodeli lenyuke lisuka endaweni yeshumi ngesikhathi se-MAI-Image-2.5 laya endaweni yesibili, lidlula izimbangi ezihlanganisa iMeta, i-Google ne-xAI.
Kuzo zonke izigaba ezincane ze-Arena, i-MAI-Image-2.6 ithuthuke ngokuphelele. Esigabeni sokwakha nokumodela kwe-3D, inyuke isuka endaweni yesithupha yaya kweyokuqala; esigabeni samakhathuni, ama-anime nezinto eziqanjiwe, inyuke isuka kweyesishiyagalombili yaya kweyesibili; esigabeni semikhiqizo, amabhrendi nokuklama kwezohwebo, inyuke isuka kweyesikhombisa yaya kweyesibili; esigabeni sokuhumusha umbhalo ezithombeni, inyuke isuka kweyesishiyagalombili yaya kweyesibili; esigabeni sobuciko, inyuke isuka kweyesine yaya kweyesibili.
Ngokwethulwa okusemthethweni kweMicrosoft, i-MAI-Image-2.6 ithuthukise amakhono ayo ngezindlela eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukuhumusha umbhalo okungcono, izithombe zabantu neze-3D ezinemininingwane eminingi, kanye nokukhipha izithombe zesitayela sezentengiso nesingokoqobo esivuthiwe. Isebenza kangcono ezimweni ezifana nokwethulwa kwemikhiqizo, ukubukeka kwamabhrendi nezithombe ezisezingeni le-cinema.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, le modeli entsha isekela ukuhlanganiswa kwezithombe eziningi eziyizinkomba, inokuqonda okuningiliziwe kwe-semantics, okusho ikhono lokuxhumanisa ngokunembile izincazelo zombhalo nezindawo ezithile zesithombe, futhi inikeza ukulawula okunamandla phezu komqondo wokucabanga, ifomethi yokukhipha kanye nokulungiswa kwesithombe.
IMicrosoft yethula imodeli yayo yokuqala yokuguqula umbhalo ube izithombe, i-MAI-Image-1, ngo-2025, futhi yangena kwabaphezulu abayishumi ezingeni le-Arena ekubonakaleni kwayo kokuqala. I-MAI-Image-2, eyakhishwa ngoMashi 2026, yakhuphukela endaweni yesithathu. I-MAI-Image-2.5, eyethulwa ngoJuni, yabekwa endaweni yesithathu esigabeni sokuguqula umbhalo ube izithombe. Ukukhishwa kwe-MAI-Image-2.6 kukhombisa ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe beMicrosoft kulo mkhakha kungene esigabeni esisha.
Abasebenzisi sebengakwazi ukusebenzisa ngokuqondile ku-Arena ikhono le-MAI-Image-2.6 lokukhiqiza izithombe. IMicrosoft ihlela ukufaka le modeli ku-MAI Playground kuleli sonto, bese iyethula kancane kancane ku-Microsoft Foundry nakweminye imikhiqizo.