Adobe, Midjourney, and Pixi Expand Creativity, Healthcare, and Messaging with Multimodal AI

멀티모달 | Fri Jun 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) | 5 sources

A wave of new multimodal AI products was unveiled, including expanded AI assistants across Adobe Creative Cloud, Midjourney's ultrasound full-body scanner, and Pixi's AR messaging app.

Analysis

[Adobe] launched public beta of AI Assistant across Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator ^[2]

• Dedicated AI Assistant built into each app: Photoshop
• Premiere
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• and Frame.io
• Natural language prompt interface based on a conversational creative agent
• Premiere automates clip organization and timeline marker generation
• while Photoshop supports layer organization and background replacement

[Adobe Firefly] unveiled redesigned AI studio with Elements and Projects features in private beta ^[3]

• Elements feature stores and reuses characters
• places
• and objects
• Projects feature unifies management of assets
• generated outputs
• and context
• Supports brand kit and storyboard generation
• plus image-to-short-form video conversion

[Midjourney] unveiled Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound-based full-body scanner ^[4]

• Partnered with Butterfly Network
• with 40 Ultrasound-on-Chip modules per system
• Thousands of transducer rings generate a 3D body image in about 60 seconds
• Midjourney Spa scheduled to open at San Francisco Union Square before the end of 2027

[Pixi] launched an iOS app for AI and AR character messaging on iMessage ^[5]

• AR characters sent via iMessage react in real time through the recipient's iPhone camera
• On-device AI recognizes surroundings
• people
• and facial expressions
• with all processing done locally
• Includes robot
• cat
• and animated envelope characters
• plus tic-tac-toe and whack-a-mole games

[Meta] announced youth safety updates that use AI-based visual analysis to detect underage accounts ^[1]

• AI analyzes visual cues in photos and videos such as height and skeletal structure to estimate age
• not using facial recognition
• 13+ default content settings rolled out globally across Instagram
• Facebook
• and Messenger
• Sends notifications to parents when teens repeatedly search for suicide-related content

Sources

• [1] Strengthening Teen Accounts with New Safety Updates on Instagram and Facebook - Meta AI Blog
• [2] Photoshop and Premiere now have AI assistants - The Verge AI
• [3] Adobe’s redesigned AI studio remembers what your creations look like - The Verge AI
• [4] Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans - The Verge AI
• [5] Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences - TechCrunch AI