Adobes Generative AI Jumps The Shark, Adds Bitcoin to Bird Photo [Video]

Last year, Adobe updated its Firefly generative AI platform multiple times, the most recent coming in September. Over that time, the Lightroom and Photoshop tools that rely on the technology have gotten steadily worse and the system’s choice to add a Bitcoin logo to a photo of a seagull is a perfect distillation of the problem.

Last week, I struggled to get any of Adobe’s generative or content-aware tools to extend a background and cover an area for a thumbnail I was working on for our YouTube channel. Previous to the updates last year, the tasks I asked Photoshop to handle were done quickly and without issue. Since, however, it’s been a rocky road.

All I was trying to do was make a little bit more room on that side of the frame so I could reposition the camera and lens Chris was using.

Eventually had to resort to the old-fashioned way of doing this and …