Microsoft's AI image generator offers impressive realism and text rendering, but strict content limits and 1:1-only output hold it back.

Microsoft's MAI-Image-2 debuts at #3 on Arena.ai's text-to-image leaderboard, behind Google and OpenAI and begins rolling out ...

According to Microsoft, MAI-Image-2 offers improvements like “enhanced photorealism” and more reliable text generation in images. It’s rolling out now in Copilot and the Bing Image Creator. [Image: ...

Three teenage plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Monday accuse xAI of distributing, possessing and producing with intent to distribute child pornography.

Teen Girls Sue xAI, Alleging 'Devastating' Harm From Grok AI Child Sexual Abuse Images ...

Plenty of unknowns circle around Nvidia's upcoming DLSS 5, just announced and demoed at GTC 2026. But it looks to offer the biggest leap in graphics we've seen in a long while.

Four images depicting U.S. soldiers captured in Iran were created using AI, according to Google’s SynthID tool, and there ​is no evidence of Iran having announced that it ‌arrested any U.S. soldiers, ...

Researchers have developed an AI image generator that produces images in just four steps, rather than dozens.

Nano Banana 2 fared similarly to the pro model for image editing. The most obvious advantage the second-generation model has is speed -- the pro model takes 2-5 minutes to create an image, whereas ...

VS Code 1.112 adds native image support for agents, and I used it on three Microsoft AI Foundry leaderboard screenshots to see whether it could turn chart-heavy visuals into a useful developer summary ...

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to ...