PSA: MAI-Image-1 is not ready for production. Despite a top-10 placement on LMArena this model produces soft, low-fidelity faces, limited editing controls, and outputs that feel tuned for leaderboard tests rather than real creative workflows. Recommendation: avoid MAI-Image-1 for studio work and production pipelines until Microsoft fixes face fidelity, inpainting, and tool integrations.
PSA: MAI-Image-1 is terrible. Do not use it.
