August 8, 2026
Skylum, the company behind Luminar, is adjusting how it talks about its AI-powered photo editing tools as public sentiment toward artificial intelligence grows more skeptical. Rather than leaning into AI as a selling point, the company is reframing its software around the idea of supporting human creativity. It is a notable shift for a brand that built much of its identity on being an AI-first editing platform.
Adobe and OpenAI have deepened their existing partnership with a unified plugin that brings more than 70 Adobe tools directly into ChatGPT. The integration spans apps including Photoshop, Firefly, Premiere, Illustrator, and Acrobat, letting users describe a creative goal and have the AI orchestrate the appropriate tools to complete it. The plugin is available now for ChatGPT users, with guest access offered and fuller capabilities unlocked via an Adobe account sign-in.
Google's Gemini Omni lets users generate and edit video through natural conversation, and a new spotlight from the company shows how five independent builders are putting that capability to practical use. The examples range from visualizing abstract ideas to streamlining video editing workflows. Together, they offer a concrete look at how conversational video AI fits into real creative and production work.
Roku has launched a 24/7 free ad-supported streaming channel dedicated entirely to AI-generated content, sourced from a startup called Fairground. The move marks one of the more visible attempts to bring generative video into mainstream living-room viewing. Whether audiences will warm to it is another question.
xAI has released Imagine Image 2.0, its latest image generation model for the Grok platform, and it has already secured second place in Arena benchmarks - sitting just below OpenAI's GPT-Image-2. The update also brings new editing capabilities and template options aimed at practical creative use.
