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How is AI changing graphic design? AI is making image creation and editing far more accessible. For designers, the bigger change is in how ideas are developed, how work is organized and how output quality is kept under control. Read more

One coffee product laid out as a square post, a vertical story and a wide banner, each checked

Claude Opus 5.5 just created a fully editable design in Photosoft over MCP. Not a flat AI-generated image. Every text, shape, layer and effect can be edited directly in the browser. AI isn't just generating images anymore. It's becoming a designer that can actually use design tools.

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Easy retro print effect in Photosoft. Effects → Artistic → Retro Print turns any photo into a grainy two-colour print. Grain, halftone texture, threshold and ink / paper colours land as editable layers, so you can tune the look anytime.

Retro Print Effect Variations — objects printed in blue ink on pink paper

ChatGPT levels the score with Claude in our synthwave design round. The next brief: using the tools built into Photosoft, create a synthwave-style poster. Grok joins us this round. In image order: Claude Opus 5.5, ChatGPT Astra 6 and Grok, all designing over MCP. Read more

Synthwave poster by Claude Opus 5.5, made in Photosoft over MCP
Synthwave poster by ChatGPT Astra 6 (round winner), made in Photosoft over MCP
Synthwave poster by Grok, made in Photosoft over MCP

Claude beats ChatGPT 2–1 in our Photosoft design challenge. The next brief: using only the add text, shape, image, mask and filter tools in Photosoft, create an interesting design. Both agents worked directly in the editor over MCP. Left: Claude (1st). Right: ChatGPT. We think Claude wins this round, it made good use of every tool it had. Final score: Claude wins 2–1. Read more

Two posters made in Photosoft over MCP: Claude's 'Wander Beyond' travel poster (winner) and ChatGPT's 'After the Noise' poster

Open EPS, AI, TIF and PSD files in Photosoft. Vector files (EPS, AI) open as editable shapes, layered files (TIF, PSD) keep every layer, mask and smart object. Edit, replace a design inside a mockup and export, right in the browser.

Photosoft with an EPS, an AI, a PSD and a layered TIF mockup open in four tabs

Edit any SVG right in Photosoft. Drop in an SVG and every shape becomes an editable layer: split paths, drag points, round corners and fill with gradients. Then export a clean SVG.

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Getty Images lost over 99% of its value in four years as AI ate into stock photography. Getty is now filing for bankruptcy as part of a restructuring deal and will become a private company again. Getty was one of the largest stock photo companies in the world. It charged businesses and media outlets for photos and videos from its huge library. In 2022 it went public at a $4.8 billion valuation. Read more

Chart of Getty Images' value falling from a $4.8B IPO valuation in 2022 to a $20.7M market cap in 2026

Remove backgrounds and upscale images right in Telegram. Connect Telegram in Account → Integrations, then send a photo to the gimgs bot and tap ✂️ Remove background or 🔍 Upscale 2× / 4×. The result comes back as a full-quality file in a few seconds. Read more

Telegram chat with the gimgs bot: a photo, Remove background and Upscale buttons, and the transparent PNG result

Connect Google Drive and Telegram to your gimgs account. Open Account → Integrations to link them in a couple of clicks. Telegram brings your account notifications (payments, Points, refunds) straight into a private chat, and Google Drive lets gimgs save files it creates right into your Drive. Read more

Google Drive and Telegram connected to a gimgs.net account

Google Japan built a conveyor-belt keyboard: you don't reach for the keys, the keys come to you. Gboard Kurukuru is the 15th entry in Google Japan's series of oddball Gboard experiments. Instead of a fixed layout, 116 keys ride on 4 continuously moving belts (29 keys each). Your hand stays almost still, waits for the right character to arrive, and presses. Read more

Top AI labs are rehearsing for the day AI causes a serious incident. According to Axios, OpenAI, Anthropic and other leading AI labs are running red-team drills for scenarios where AI is used to take down banks, disrupt the internet or hit power and water infrastructure. Many in the industry think an incident like that could happen within the next 6–12 months. OpenAI says such drills… Read more

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