Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern

AI image tools rarely make me feel like I’m part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly designed so that people with no design experience can type in a few words and get back a usable result. So I was pleasantly surprised by Adobe’s latest take on an AI image assistant: It’s a […]

Canva adds new editing tools, payments, and previews to save you from embarrassing crops

Canva has introduced new AI-powered editing tools, publishing integrations, and workflow upgrades aimed at creators, marketers, and businesses.

Canva and Adobe are coming to Gemini, and they want to make everything chatty

Adobe and Canva are coming to Google Gemini, turning the assistant into a starting point for design work while raising bigger questions about who controls the creative workflow.

Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton
Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton

Anthropic has launched a set of connectors for Claude that allow the AI chatbot to tap into popular creative software, including Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps, Affinity, Blender, Ableton, Autodesk, and more. This marks the company’s latest efforts to break into the creative industry following its launch of Claude Design earlier this month. The new connectors […]

Adobe Firefly AI is now live publicly, hoping you’ll take to an AI and get work done

The Firefly AI Assistant public beta is available for Creative Cloud Pro and paid Firefly plan subscribers, with complimentary daily generative credits provided to eligible users during the beta period.

Canva’s CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Canva’s CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software

Today, I’m talking with Melanie Perkins, founder and CEO of Canva, a popular online design tool. I always enjoy talking with Melanie. She was last on the show a couple of years ago, just as the AI revolution was coming to the worlds of art and design. At the time, Canva had escaped a lot […]

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

All empires eventually fall, and it seems the creative software industry has collectively decided that Adobe’s time has come. The Creative Cloud provider’s suite of design tools have been considered the industry standard for decades – despite unpopular decisions to fully embrace generative AI and abandon software licenses in favor of expensive, complicated subscriptions. Pricing […]

AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too

Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.

Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you

The latest version of Canva’s AI assistant lets users create editable designs with text prompts.

Adobe Firefly can now run your entire creative workflow from a single chat

Adobe’s new Firefly AI Assistant lets you describe what you want and handles the rest, across Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, and more, all from one chat.