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Tag: AI and Design
Luma Taps Adobe’s Firefly as Exclusive Third-Party Launch Partner for Ray3 Video Model
If you’re looking to try out Luma’s new Ray3 video model, there are only two places to do it, at least for the next couple of weeks: either on the Dream Machine platform or through the Adobe Firefly app. The generative AI startup has granted Adobe exclusive access to the model ahead of its broader […]
Adobe Brings Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image to Firefly and Express
Adobe is expanding its Creative Suite with Google’s latest image-editing model. The company announced that Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is now integrated into Adobe Firefly and Adobe Express, giving creators a new way to generate visuals and bring their ideas to life. To mark the occasion, Adobe is giving Firefly and Creative Cloud subscribers unlimited […]
Adobe Launches Acrobat Studio, Bringing AI to the PDF
Adobe wants to bring the PDF into the AI era. For more than 30 years, this business file format has been the workhorse of office communication. Now, Adobe is giving it a significant upgrade with Acrobat Studio, a new tool helping companies mine insights, inform decisions, and reformat these documents into polished, on-brand content—no design […]
With ‘The Unfinished Film,’ Adobe Invites Creators to Complete the Story Using AI
Adobe is keen on showcasing the creative power of its Firefly AI. To achieve this goal, the company is launching “The Unfinished Film,” a collaborative project helmed by director Sam Finn with the premise that only the beginning of the movie has been created; the rest is up to you. Creators, filmmakers, designers, artists, and […]
Adobe Firefly Can Now Generate Sound Effects With Just a Prompt or Your Voice
Adobe is turning concept into creation: After teasing its experimental sound effects tool, Project Super Sonic, last October, the company is now bringing it to life with a launch inside its Firefly app. Available in beta, the Generate Sound Effects feature does what it says: it quickly creates custom sound effects, atmospheric background noise, and […]
Adobe Launches Firefly Mobile App, Adds AI Models from Ideogram, Pika, Luma, and Runway
Adobe’s image and video generation platform is coming to iOS and Android. On Tuesday, the company introduced its native Firefly mobile apps, giving creators more freedom to generate content on the go. The launch is part of a broader update to the platform that includes support for new AI models from Google, Ideogram, Pika, Luma, […]
Beyond UX: Why the Future of Tech Is About Creating Interfaces for AI, Not Humans
IN THIS ISSUE: Unpack all the insights from John Maeda’s Design in Tech 2025 Report, where AI isn’t replacing designers—it’s redefining the entire discipline. From the rise of agents to the shift from UX to AX (Agent Experience), Maeda maps out how design must evolve to meet an AI-augmented world. The Prompt At this year’s […]
Luma Labs Releases Ray2, Its Large-Scale Video Generative Model to Paid Subscribers
Luma Labs, the creator of the popular Dream Machine generative AI platform, has launched Ray2, its new model the company boasts can produce videos using text and images in under ten seconds. The release comes weeks after it was first introduced by Chief Executive Amit Jain at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference. Although Ray2 is […]
How AWS and the NFL Used AI to Help Josh Allen, DK Metcalf Design Custom Cleats for Their Favorite Causes
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the National Football League (NFL) have partnered since 2016. The cloud computing giant initially powered the sports organization’s Next Gen Stats software, which tracks a player’s performance. Eventually, it went on to support other areas, such as providing EC2 compute power to help with team scheduling and also helping migrate […]
Luma AI Releases Its Photon Text-to-Image Model, Unveils Dream Machine Subscription Plan
Luma AI, the startup known for Dream Machine, is introducing Photon, a new text-to-image foundation model designed for professionals, creative artists, small businesses, and educators. Boasting speeds and costs 800 percent better than comparable models, Photon aims to bring the success it found with video generation to other visual areas. Alongside the launch, Luma AI […]