MAI‑Image‑1 arrives on Bing — can Microsoft’s custom AI image generator dethrone DALL·E 3?”

Over the past few months, Microsoft has made significant strides in the generative AI landscape, seemingly asserting its independence from OpenAI by unveiling two in-house AI models in August, including MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview.

The tech giant also unveiled its new in-house text-to-image generator, MAI-Image-1. More recently, Microsoft’s AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, announced that the custom image generator is now available in Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. However, it’s worth…