Adobe tries its hand at turning photos into paintings with AI-powered Artistic Eye

Adobe's latest experiment isn't the first program to use AI to turn photos into stylized paintings, but the company says Artistic Eye operates on a larger scale. Adobe's latest experiment in artificial intelligence puts the style of museum-famous artists in the hands of a webcam -- and a few kids. Today, the imaging software giant shared a peek at Artistic Eye, an experimental AI-powered style-transfer technology. Rather than put the new tech into the hands of the typical Adobe mobile app user or even Photoshop users, Adobe introduced Artistic Eye during a kids' party at the de Young Museum in California earlier this year. The fundraiser, for the de Youngsters group that aims to make the museum more family friendly, featured a photo booth where families could take selfies and then use the style-transfer technology to turn themselves into the style of one of the works on display at de Young.