Over half of participants using AI at work experienced a 30% increase in productivity, and there are beginner-friendly ways to integrate generative AI into existing tools such as GrammarlyGo, Slack apps like DailyBot and Felix, and Canva's AI-powered design tools.
Microsoft is reportedly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) features into long-standing default apps like Paint, Photos, Snipping Tool, and the Camera application, including capabilities like object and person identification, optical character recognition, and text-based image generation. It is unclear how much the new tools will rely on local hardware or an active internet connection.
Zoom's generative AI tool, AI Companion, will be expanding its capabilities and will be available at no extra cost for Zoom customers, offering features such as catching up on missed meetings, auto-generated meeting summaries, and real-time feedback on performance.
Photoshop 25, the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, introduces generative tools such as Generative Expand and Generative Fill, which allow users to create content more quickly and efficiently, making it a worthwhile upgrade for creatives.
AI tools from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are being integrated into productivity platforms like Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace, offering a wide range of AI-powered features for tasks such as text generation, image generation, and data analysis, although concerns remain regarding accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
Adobe has announced the commercial availability of its Firefly generative AI model, which is now accessible across Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express, and Adobe Experience Cloud, offering users new capabilities such as vector recoloring and text-to-image effects. Additionally, Adobe is launching a standalone Firefly web app and a credit-based system to manage compute demand and costs. The company is also pledging to promote responsible use of generative AI and is introducing an annual bonus scheme for Adobe Stock contributors.
Adobe's stock has seen a significant increase as the company focuses on incorporating generative artificial intelligence into its content creation and marketing tools.
AI productivity tools, such as Clara, Alli AI, Grain, Lex, Vervoe, Slides AI, Goblin.tools, and Lumen5, offer efficient and time-saving solutions for tasks like scheduling meetings, optimizing websites, transcribing and summarizing meetings, capturing notes, assessing job candidates, creating presentations, breaking down tasks, and creating videos.
Microsoft and Google have introduced generative AI tools for the workplace, showing that the technology is most useful in enterprise first before broader consumer adoption, with features such as text generators, meeting summarizers, and email assistants.
Adobe has officially launched Photoshop for the web, allowing users to access many of the core features in the browser-based app without the need to download the desktop version, though a subscription is still required.
Meta Platforms has introduced new generative AI tools to its Ad Manager software.
Adobe is set to unveil Project Stardust, a photo editor that uses AI to understand and manipulate objects in photos, allowing for easier editing and modification.
Adobe is set to release a new AI-powered photo editing tool called Project Stardust, which allows for easy manipulation of objects in images without prior editing experience.
Adobe has previewed a new AI feature called Project Stardust, which automates the selection and editing of image components within Photoshop, allowing users to make changes and remove objects with less precise commands.
Adobe has unveiled an update to its Firefly AI tool suite at its annual Max event, allowing users to manipulate flat images as independent elements and improving on the already impressive Content-Aware removal tool.
Adobe has teased "Project Stardust," an AI engine for editing across its software programs that allows users to easily rearrange and manipulate objects within photographs.
Adobe has announced three new generative AI models, including Firefly Image 2, Firefly Vector, and Firefly Design, that enhance the features of Photoshop and Illustrator, and provide customizable templates for various design projects.
Adobe has unveiled new AI tools including the Firefly Image 2 Model and Project Stardust, which allow users to manipulate objects in photos and generate realistic AI-created images with better detail, as well as adding AI capabilities to Adobe Illustrator and Express.
Adobe has announced updates to its generative AI image creation service, Firefly, including a new model that is better at rendering humans and larger in size, as well as introducing new controls and features for users to enhance their workflows.
Adobe shares rose as the company announced new artificial intelligence tools, including a new version of its generative AI tool, Firefly, that improves creative control and image quality.
Adobe is introducing new image-generation technology that can match the style of an uploaded image, allowing users to generate multiple images for various needs.
Adobe has announced updates to its AI image synthesis features, including the launch of Firefly 2, Firefly Design Model, and Firefly Vector Model, with improved image quality and new capabilities, such as text-to-vector image generation.
Adobe showcased its plans for generative AI technology in Photoshop, Illustrator, and other design apps at its annual MAX conference, including improvements to its AI image generation model, the introduction of a generative AI model for creating vector graphics, and the launch of a new AI model for generating templates for social media posts and marketing assets.
Adobe has announced upgrades to its Firefly family of generative AI tools, including improvements to image generation in Photoshop, the introduction of generative AI to Adobe Illustrator designs, and the addition of text prompt abilities to Adobe Express layouts. The new AI model offers better image quality and detail through training on more images, and users can steer generation with photography parameters.
Adobe's annual Max conference showcased 11 new AI-powered prototype tools and features, including an object-aware editing engine and an AI audio feature that can automatically translate languages.
Adobe showcased several AI-powered projects at its MAX conference, including Project Fast Fill, which allows editors to remove objects or change backgrounds in videos with a simple text prompt, and Project Draw & Delight, which turns rough sketches into polished vector drawings using AI.
Adobe has unveiled Project Fast Fill, a generative AI tool for video editing that allows users to make quick changes to their videos by entering simple text prompts, such as removing or adding objects, or changing background elements. The tool automatically applies the edits to all frames of the video and adjusts for lighting changes, shadows, and object movements.
Google has introduced an AI-based tool called the Magic Editor in Google Photos on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, allowing users to easily make complex photo edits by repositioning, enlarging, or removing elements, raising concerns about the authenticity of online images and the potential for misuse.
Generative AI, which allows users to experience cutting-edge technologies firsthand, is expected to play a centralized role in our lives, revolutionizing the fields of computational photography, robotics, and automation.
Adobe has unveiled new AI-powered tools, including a dress that transforms into a wearable screen and streamlined ways to delete elements from photos, at its annual Max event.
Adobe has introduced over 100 new features across its Creative Cloud apps, with a focus on AI as a tool for creativity, including updates to its AI image generator, Firefly, and the launch of generative AI models for images, vectors, and designs; the company also debuted a dress embedded with flexible, non-emissive textile technology that can display designs created within Adobe's apps, highlighting the intersection of AI and creativity in the company's offerings.
Google has introduced an AI-based tool called the Magic Editor in Google Photos on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, allowing users to easily make complex photo edits such as repositioning, enlarging, removing objects, and even changing the color of the sky, raising concerns about the authenticity and credibility of online images.
Adobe is expanding its AI-powered Firefly tool across its Creative Cloud suite, causing concerns among creative professionals about the future role of designers and artists, as well as potential cannibalization of Adobe's consumer base. However, Adobe believes AI will benefit creatives of all levels across the industry and enable the production of more visual content. The text-to-media capability, which is part of AI tools, allows for faster idea generation and serves as a baseline for final products that still require human skills and expertise. Ultimately, the impact of AI on the design and art industry remains to be seen.
Adobe has released the latest versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, which include new AI-powered features for easier editing and creative enhancements.
Adobe has released the 2024 editions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, which come with new AI-powered tools for automated editing and enhancements.
Skylum's photo editing software, Luminar Neo, will introduce generative AI technologies, starting with the GenErase tool, allowing photographers to easily remove unwanted objects from photos and replace them with AI-generated content.
Adobe has released the 2024 edition of Photoshop Elements, a photo editing tool backed by AI, with a refreshed UI, dedicated dark mode, and new features that make editing photos easier, as well as a companion app for smartphones; the one-time license is priced at $99.99.
Adobe and Palantir Technologies are leveraging generative AI to revolutionize their businesses, with Adobe integrating AI into its ecosystem to enhance productivity software and Palantir using AI to automate workload and expand its services in analyzing large datasets. While Adobe is viewed as a safer investment option with its strong bottom-line momentum and reasonable valuation, Palantir is considered more speculative due to its high valuation and reliance on AI-related growth drivers.
Shutterstock has introduced an AI-powered feature called Creative AI that allows users to make edits to images in its library, offering a range of tools including changing colors, zooming out, cropping, and removing backgrounds, with compensation promised to artists whose images are licensed after editing.
