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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 […]

Artificial Intelligence

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 […]

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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 […]

Artificial Intelligence

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 […]

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Randi Zuckerberg’s HUG Social Marketplace Acquired by .ART Registry

HUG, a social art community platform that Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon co-founded, has been acquired by the registry behind the .ART domain. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Soon and HUG’s lead engineer will remain with the company post-acquisition, but Zuckerberg will depart, though she tells me she’s still a “passionate member […]

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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 […]

Artificial Intelligence

Compete, Protest, Collaborate: Design’s Dilemma in the Age of AI

As the design industry confronts the formidable ascent of artificial intelligence, it stands at a crossroads of opportunity and uncertainty. In the age of AI, a pivotal question emerges: friend or foe? While AI promises streamlined workflows and enhanced image-generation capabilities, its integration raises profound concerns regarding its potential impact on the workforce. In his […]

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As AI Dominates More of Our Lives, How Design Can Mitigate Unethical Behavior

Last April, former President Barack Obama released a video warning us not to believe everything we see and hear on the internet, at least many thought it was from the ex-president. In actuality, it was produced by actor and director Jordan Peele using artificial intelligence (AI) and highlighted deepfakes. There are many examples of how […]

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Making The Case For Why Inclusion Is Good For Design In Tech

There’s no shortage of criticism about technology’s impact in today’s society, but often the attention being paid is to the algorithms and capabilities — it’s the function, but not the form. But the programming isn’t solely to blame for the woes inflicted on us by technology, as part of our attention should be looking at the […]

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Bookmarks for January 5th

These are my links for January 5th The Brand You is Dead. Long Live The Brand You Build. « eyecube MediaPost Publications – Lessons In Online Branding: Valuable Doesn’t Always Mean Directly Measureable; Models Aren’t Always Right – 01/05/2009 Free E-book – How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself) | Lateral Action