New Microsoft image model

I have a standard image prompt that I use to test Ai models. The previous iteration with MAI-Image-2.5-Flash and MAI-Image-2.5 is here:

https://blog.ciaops.com/2026/06/04/latest-microsoft-image-models/

Before that with MAI-Image-1.5 and Flux.2 Flex is here:

https://blog.ciaops.com/2026/05/16/copilot-image-generation-in-powerpoint/

the previous attempts:

https://blog.ciaops.com/2026/05/05/revisiting-copilot-image-generation-analysis/

and the first attempt:

https://blog.ciaops.com/2026/03/07/image-generation-analysis/

Microsoft has just released a new models and here is what I got when I used them:

MAI-Image-2.5-Pro

MAI_62dbc50ed84cdf44

It will be soon available across Microsoft 365 services and desktop apps. You can read more about the new models here:

https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/

Copilot image generation in PowerPoint

One of the ways I like to test new image models is to give them the same prompt to create an image of an expresso machine. You can see the last iteration here:

https://blog.ciaops.com/2026/05/05/revisiting-copilot-image-generation-analysis/

More advanced image options have made their way into PowerPoint and it allows me to use the image model of my choice per:

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So to test, I took exactly the same prompt I had used before to create images and used it inside PowerPoint with each model. Here’s the result from using GPT-Image-1.5

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and Flux.2 Flex

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These output are now beginning to revival dedicated image creation tools and they are backed right into PowerPoint and probably soon, all other desktop apps thanks to Copilot!

As a slight variation, I asked Copilot in PowerPoint to create a complete slide rather than just a single image and here’s what I got:

GPT-Image-1.5

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and Flux.2 Flex

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