The Download: Adobe's AI ambitions, and how work is changing

Since the beginning of the generative AI boom, there has been a fight over how large AI models are trained. And in the other camp are artists who argue that AI companies have taken their intellectual property without consent or compensation. It released its image-generating model Firefly, which is integrated into its popular photo editing tool Photoshop, one year ago. In an exclusive interview with MIT Technology Review, Adobe's AI leaders are adamant this is the only way forward. At stake is not just the livelihood of creators, they say, but our whole information ecosystem.