ChatGPT Images 2.0 can browse the web and write text that actually makes sense

OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new version of its AI image generation tool available to all ChatGPT and Codex users. The model, powered by a new underlying system called GPT Image 2, introduces what the company calls “thinking capabilities,” allowing it to search the web before generating images. Paid subscribers on Plus, Pro, …

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Gemini can now use personal data and Google Photos for image generation

Google has updated the Gemini app to generate images based on personal data from connected Google services. The feature combines Personal Intelligence with the image model Nano Banana 2 and, optionally, a user’s Google Photos library. Previously, users had to write detailed prompts and upload reference photos manually to get relevant results. The update removes …

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Anthropic launches Claude Design for visual prototyping

Anthropic has launched Claude Design, a new product that lets users create visual work through conversational prompts. The tool produces designs, interactive prototypes, slide decks, one-pagers, and marketing collateral. It is available in research preview for paid Claude subscribers (Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise) and is rolling out gradually. Claude Design is powered by Claude …

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Gemini for content professionals: Google’s AI ecosystem explained

Gemini is the label for Google’s AI offerings. The company has developed a dazzling array of tools and services under it. In combination, they are arguably the best AI has to offer today. Even considered on their individual merits, they are often best in class. But Google’s Gemini universe is so vast, that it is …

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant takes over Photoshop, Premiere, and more

Adobe has unveiled the Firefly AI Assistant, a new tool that lets users control multiple Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, and Lightroom through a single conversational interface. Users describe what they want in plain language, and the assistant executes multi-step workflows across the relevant apps. The assistant is the commercial release of …

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Luma AI’s new image model beats Google and OpenAI on reasoning benchmarks

Luma AI has released Uni-1, an image generation model that outperforms Google’s Nano Banana 2 and OpenAI’s GPT Image 1.5 on key reasoning benchmarks while costing up to 30 percent less at high resolution. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the model is part of a significant shift in how AI creates images. Unlike most …

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Adobe launches custom AI image models trained on your own assets

Adobe has launched Firefly Custom Models in public beta, allowing creators and businesses to train AI image generators using their own visual assets. The tool lets users teach the AI to recognize and reproduce specific styles, character designs, color palettes, lighting conditions, and stroke weights. The goal is to help teams produce large volumes of …

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Anthropic adds interactive charts and diagrams to Claude

Anthropic has updated its Claude AI chatbot to generate charts, diagrams, and other visualizations directly within chat conversations. The feature is available to all users and is turned on by default. Unlike Claude’s existing “artifacts” feature, which opens created content in a side panel for sharing or downloading, the new visualizations appear inline in the …

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Canva’s new tool turns any image into a design you can change

Canva has released a new tool called Magic Layers that converts flat, static images into editable, multi-layered designs inside the Canva editor. The tool is available in public beta in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The core problem Magic Layers addresses is straightforward. When an image is exported or generated by an …

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