Adobe Firefly, Bing Image Creator, Canva's AI, ChatGPT Plugins, Google Workspace AI, Microsoft Loop, Runway Gen2 - Volume 03

Another week of everything, everywhere, all at once in AI news - and get my free AI Visual toolkit!

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This Week’s AI News

We had another week with plenty of AI news!

It’s a lot to cover, and I summarized to give you the highlights of each topic:

• Adobe Firefly

• Bing Image Creator

• Canva’s AI Magic

• Google Workspace AI

• Microsoft Loop

• ChatGPT Plugins

• Runway’s Gen-2

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Adobe Firefly

Adobe introduced a new generative AI design platform called Firefly, with several models trained on Adobe Stock photos, openly licensed, and images in public domain content with expired copyright.

The company trained models with inclusive datasets to prevent harmful stereotypes and biased output.

The beta is available by waitlist, and you can sign up here: Adobe Firefly Beta waitlist.

You can see the variety of images I generated with Firefly in the gallery below:

Images created in Adobe Firefly

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Microsoft Bing Image Creator

The Bing Image Creator entered the arena to give us a new AI image generator tool.

You need an existing Microsoft account or create a new one to begin generating images. Start with 25 image boost credits for faster generations.

I think the images look great - tell me what you think!

Images created in Bing Image Creator

Canva’s AI Magic

Canva added AI-powered magic tools to the popular platform.

Many of the new features are available for free and paid subscriptions.

New tools include:

• Draw

• Beat sync

• Magic Edit

• Brand Hub

• Magic Write

• Magic Eraser

• Magic Design

• Translate Designs

• Magic Presentation

Google Workspace AI

Google Workspace is bringing more AI-powered tools for creating content, collaboration, and improved workflows.

Examples of new and improved features:

• AI-generated writing suggestions in Docs and Gmail or creating a first draft for you to review in Docs.

• Smart Canvas to brainstorm topics with your team in real-time.

• Additional Smart Chips to link relevant items to Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

For more details, you can read my post on Twitter.

Microsoft Loop

Microsoft launched Loop in public preview.

The workspace is similar to Notion with pages, templates, and folders. Create and copy components from any content on a Loop page to share across Microsoft 365 apps. The features could increase your productivity and save a lot of time.

I wrote a quick summary on Twitter you can read it for more information.

ChatGPT Plugins

OpenAI announced the gradual rollout of ChatGPT plugins as the company aims to add more real-world applications and improved safety for users.

The first plugins will be related to common apps, including Open Table, Instacart, and Zapier. Waitlist is open for developers now.

Runway Gen-2

Runway released a multi-modal AI system for video generation and effects.

Modes include:

• Text to Video

• Text + Image to Video

• Image to Video

• Stylization

• Storyboard

• Mask

• Render

• Customization

Runway’s platform was already stacked with useful tools for paid subscriptions, as you can see below:

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Cool New Tools

• Plazmapunk: Generate your own AI video with fantastic effects and music in minutes.

• Vieutopia: Mobile AI image generator from the Vieunite community, designed with input from traditional artists.

• AI Playlist Maker: Create custom playlists from AI prompts, videos, images, or most-listened-to music on Spotify and Apple Music.

• PromptPal: Search for the best AI Prompts by category, title, or keywords.

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I’ve broken tools into these categories:

• Visual AI Generation Tools

• AI Image Generation Tools

• AI Editing Tools

• AI Animation Tools

• AI Gaming Assets

• Prompt Generation Tools

• Styling Resources

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