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Microsoft Has a Faster, Cheaper Version of Its Best Image Model

Microsoft isn’t slowing down in its push to develop its own lineup of homegrown AI models. On Tuesday, the company announced a variation of its text-to-image model called MAI-Image-2-Efficient. While both provide photorealistic and expressive images with reliable in-image text, the new model is designed to be 22 percent faster and four times more efficient. […]

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Adobe Firefly Unlocks Custom Models for Public Beta, Letting Creators Own Their Style

This year, Adobe Firefly turns three, and it looks very different from its public beta launch. What started as a hub for the company’s generative models has evolved into something broader: a platform that brings together both Adobe and third-party models, giving creative professionals a single place to choose the right engine for the job. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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Trevor Noah on AI: Embrace Curiosity Over Fear

IN THIS ISSUE: Celebrity Trevor Noah appeared at Zendesk’s Relate conference this week, sharing his perspective on technology with his comedic perspective. He urges us not to surrender to our fear and instead embrace curiosity. Here’s what the host of the “What Now? With Trevor Noah” podcast said. Plus, why are AI-generated images in the […]

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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

Google Gemini’s Inaccurate AI Images Disappoint, But Shouldn’t Surprise

Text-to-image generation tools have been an incredible asset, enabling me to transform conceptual musings into visually captivating artwork for dissemination across my social media platforms, blog, and newsletter. As someone with limited design expertise, artificial intelligence has significantly streamlined my content creation process. However, I’m aware that outputs from platforms like Adobe Firefly, DALL-E, Midjourney, […]