By Christopher Kuo

Adobe released a new artificial intelligence assistant that will connect to the Claude chatbot and will allow people to complete design projects with simple commands.

The software company behind tools like Photoshop and Premiere on Wednesday said its new Firefly AI Assistant will take conversational directions from users and execute multi-step workflows throughout its Creative Cloud apps.

Adobe is partnering with Anthropic and other AI companies to allow users to access Firefly and Adobe tools through Claude and other "leading third-party AI models," the company said.

Firefly will be personalized to each user and can be used for AI video and image editing, with improvements in sound and color, the company said.

"Adobe is leading the shift into a new era of agentic creativity, where you direct how your work takes shape and your perspective, voice and taste become the most powerful creative instruments of all," said David Wadhwani, Adobe's president of creativity and productivity business.

Adobe's announcement comes as companies race to deploy more capable AI agents, which are AI models that not only chat with users but also autonomously complete tasks.

Write to Christopher Kuo at chris.kuo@wsj.com

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April 15, 2026 10:42 ET (14:42 GMT)

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