Microsoft AI ships MAI Image 2.7 (AA image-edit #2, Arena Edit #3) and MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash (−18% MDASH scan cost)

Why it matters

On 2026-10-27 Microsoft AI published two primary posts: MAI Image 2.7, a preview image-editing model that debuts No. 2 on Artificial Analysis’s image-editing leaderboard (above GPT Image 2.5 Flare) and No. 3 on Arena Edit (Microsoft AI No. 2 lab by that Arena ranking); and MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash inside MDASH, claiming comparable performance to MAI Cyber 1 Flash at ~18% lower cost per scan on an internal MDASH evaluation suite. Image 2.7 improves on 2.6 across all 10 AA use cases and 7 editing actions, with category-frontier claims in enhancement/restoration, reasoning-based edits, scene/style (+24 Elo lead), and text/symbol editing. Cyber 1.1 Flash is available to verified MDASH customers; Microsoft says ~9 in 10 follow-on scans after a first MAI Cyber profile stay on MAI vs OpenAI-only, and MAI Cyber is ~50% of MDASH scans. Foundry GA/pricing for Image 2.7 not announced; Cyber remains gated.