{"id":15126505,"date":"2026-05-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/adobes-conversational-ai-agent-is-a-mediocre-design-intern\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:00:46","slug":"adobes-conversational-ai-agent-is-a-mediocre-design-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/adobes-conversational-ai-agent-is-a-mediocre-design-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe\u2019s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A collection of images that have been edited using Adobe\u2019s Firefly AI Assistant chatbot.\" data-caption=\"It explained the process of how it made these edits beautifully, I\u2019m just not terribly impressed by the results. | Images by Jess Weatherbed \/ &lt;em&gt;The Verge&lt;\/em&gt;\" data-portal-copyright=\"Images by Jess Weatherbed \/ &lt;em&gt;The Verge&lt;\/em&gt;\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Adobe-Firefly-AI-Assistant-hands-on-hero.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tIt explained the process of how it made these edits beautifully, I\u2019m just not terribly impressed by the results. | Images by Jess Weatherbed \/ <em>The Verge<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">AI image tools rarely make me feel like I&#8217;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&#8217;s latest take on an AI image assistant: it&#8217;s a bot designed to take away some busywork, while still granting you creative control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Unlike AI generators that are specifically designed to make and edit images or video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/912287\/adobe-firefly-ai-assistant-announcement-editing\">Adobe&#8217;s Firefly AI Assistant<\/a>, which I&#8217;ve been testing in beta, is more like a multitasking middleman that can operate Adobe&#8217;s design apps for you. On its website, Adobe says that you can \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/939686\/adobes-conversational-ai-agent-is-a-mediocre-design-intern\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/939686\/adobes-conversational-ai-agent-is-a-mediocre-design-intern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TECH &#8211; AI &#8211; The Verge AI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI image tools rarely make me feel like I&#8217;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. 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