Impact on Products How Adobe Research drives innovation for Adobe customers

Photoshop turns 35: How Adobe Research helps keep creatives on the cutting edge

35 years of Photoshop! From early masking tools to today’s generative AI, Adobe Research has fueled breakthroughs that push the boundaries of creativity—turning bold ideas into everyday magic for creators worldwide.

Adobe researchers pioneer the future of sound design with GenSFX

Firefly’s Generate Sound Effects (GenSFX) was created by Adobe Researchers who envisioned a new approach to audio: one that’s intuitive, expressive, and fun.

Adobe Research advances Agentic AI

From helping create the Acrobat AI Assistant to the AEP AI Assistant, Adobe Research is pioneering agentic AI to superpower creativity and productivity. See how our latest breakthroughs are shaping what’s next and explore the key initiatives in our work on agentic AI.

GEM Fellows build community and drive innovation at Adobe Research 

GEM Fellows Faith Baca, Christina Chance, and Reuben Luera reflect on how their Adobe Research experience this summer fostered community, mentorship, and hands-on innovation as they advanced research in AI.

Adobe Researchers are discovering the hidden knowledge inside AI image generation models 

Ever wonder why AI image generators produce the specific results they do? In this work, Adobe researchers explore ways to map the visual knowledge hidden inside diffusion models – and use it to give users more control over the output.

Exploring Adobe Research’s breakthroughs at ICCV 2025 

A first look at Adobe Research’s work at ICCV 2025! This year, our research spans breakthroughs in image generation, 3D reconstruction, content authenticity, and more — advancing the science behind the next generation of creative technologies. Check out the blog post to learn more.

Adobe Research interns and mentors embrace big ideas and push research forward

At Adobe Research, former interns who are now mentors guide today’s interns through projects that shape both academic research and real products, from tackling bias in AI and advancing content attribution to developing new audio models.

The summer these Adobe Research interns learned, created, and belonged

Adobe Research interns took on ambitious projects, worked alongside mentors, and built community— all while shaping the future of tech. Get to know six interns who pushed innovation forward this summer.

Our evolving relationship with artificial intelligence: Interview with Brano Kveton

What happens when AI doesn’t just respond—but learns and improves from every human interaction? In this story, Principal Research Scientist Branislav Kveton shares his work on reinforcement learning, agentic AI models, and his insights on the evolving relationship between humans and AI.

Returning Adobe Research interns level up their growth

This summer, returning Adobe Research interns are taking their projects further — deepening collaborations, publishing new research, and building AI tools with real-world impact. Discover how their experiences shaped their path forward.

Adobe Researchers use puzzles to teach an AI model to retouch photos

Editing photos can be tricky, especially if a user isn’t familiar with all their editing tools. Adobe Researchers have developed a new AI model that spots what a user might want to fix, explains each step, and lets users choose which edits to make. Learn more about this new research!

A first look at Adobe Research’s SIGGRAPH 2025 papers

Catch a preview of Adobe Research’s publications at SIGGRAPH 2025 in this new trailer, featuring innovations in video editing, 3D reconstruction, image transformation and more. With 25 total papers this year, explore the list and find us at the conference to see what’s next in creative tech.