MAI-Image-1
Notable release: A meaningful new model: a new size or version, or a strong free-to-download model from a known lab.
Key facts
- Released
- Oct 13, 2025
- What it does
- Makes images: Creates pictures from a description, or edits them.
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- How
- Only in the maker's own app or website
- Announced as
- “Introducing MAI-Image-1, debuting in the top 10 on LMArena”
From trckr's archive of releases before it started watching. Date and details from Epoch AI's database of AI models (CC BY 4.0).
How it scores
From independent testers, never the lab's own claims.
- Pictures, by people's votes#56 of 78
- GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst1,428
- 2GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst1,406
- 55Recraft V4.1 Flash1,098
- 56MAI-Image-11,093
- 57Z-Image-Turbo1,082
Source: LMArena · LMArena text-to-image
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