Adobe launches Adobe for Slack, making 70+ creative and productivity tools, including Firefly, Photoshop, and Express, available via Slackbot prompts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Adobe has launched Adobe for Slack, integrating over 70 of its creative and productivity tools into the platform. This allows users to access tools like Firefly, Photoshop, and Express directly through Slack's AI chatbot, Slackbot. Users can describe the task they want to complete, and Slackbot will call the relevant Adobe tool to do so.

The integration enables users to create and edit content, such as images, videos, designs, and PDFs, without leaving Slack. According to TechCrunch, Slackbot can also take into account the context of conversations, allowing users to turn information from chats or Canvas into various file types. Additionally, users can bring in assets from previous campaigns or the Creative Cloud asset library into a chat and edit them.

The Adobe for Slack integration is initially available to Slack Business+ and Enterprise+ teams. This move is part of a larger trend of tool providers making their features available through conversational services like ChatGPT, Claude, and Slack. Adobe has also introduced similar integrations for ChatGPT and is planning to launch a Gemini integration soon.

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