AI in art, music, and creative expression
Adobe is rolling out a beta Photoshop update that gathers its AI features into a dedicated AI Assisted Editor view. New markup-based controls let creators draw directly on images to guide edits, making advanced visual changes faster and more approachable.
Google is highlighting simple ways people can use Search tools to discover decor ideas, shop for furniture, and plan DIY home projects. By making inspiration and product discovery more visual and accessible, these tools can help users turn design ideas into real-world upgrades with less friction.
Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, has raised $76 million in fresh funding, bringing its total fundraising to $232 million. The investment signals continued momentum for open and accessible generative AI tools used by creators, developers, and businesses.
Meta is rolling out Pocket, an experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after testing it in Brazil. The launch gives more people a playful way to prototype game ideas quickly and share them with others.
A new study finds that roughly a third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship or editing. That points to rapid, real-world adoption of AI as a productivity tool for creating, revising, and scaling digital content.
Robin Williams’ children are reviving his official Instagram account as a trusted space for genuine memories, stories, and tributes. Their move highlights a growing push to protect artists’ likenesses from unauthorized AI misuse while preserving cultural legacies with care.
Google now lets Gemini and Flow users remove visible watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and music, giving creators cleaner outputs for polished projects. The update still keeps invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata, balancing creative flexibility with responsible content transparency.
Google is giving users the option to remove visible watermarks from its AI-generated media, making outputs easier to use in creative and professional projects. Importantly, invisible identifiers will remain in place, helping preserve transparency around AI-generated content.
Suno is upgrading its AI music platform with Studio 2.0, adding MIDI support and more production-oriented tools. The update helps creators move from quick AI-generated ideas toward more editable, professional music workflows.
A look inside an AI-generated movie highlights a promising creative future: AI can help generate ambitious visuals quickly, but the strongest moments still come from human taste, humor, and storytelling. The real win is not replacing filmmakers, but giving them new tools to prototype, experiment, and bring bigger ideas to the screen.
Spotify is rolling out an “AI Persona” badge for artist profiles that do not represent real people, giving listeners clearer context about what they are hearing. The platform will also keep these AI personas out of recommendations, supporting more transparent discovery for fans and fairer visibility for human artists.
Roku has added a new FAST channel featuring round-the-clock AI-generated programming from Fairground, bringing experimental AI media to a mainstream streaming audience. While early reactions are mixed, the launch is a notable real-world test of how AI-made entertainment can be distributed, discovered, and improved at scale.
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