Ep. 03 – AI Assistant in Adobe Creative Cloud

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In this podcast episode, Kevin and co-host Nick Broy discuss Apple price increases, Adobe’s Firefly AI assistant, Anthropic’s Fable 5, and MCP connectors. On Apple, they cite increases averaging around $250 to $290, including the MacBook Pro up $300 to about $1,999, the iPad Air up $150 to $750, the Mac Studio up about $500, and the MacBook Neo up $100, while iPhone prices had not risen. They link the trend, also seen in Microsoft’s second Xbox price increase, to AI data-center demand competing for RAM and other components, and note Apple’s stock dropped about 6% on the announcement before rebounding. On Adobe, Nick describes testing the Firefly AI assistant in Premiere and Photoshop betas: it correctly labeled live-action clips yellow and screen-capture clips red, distinguished those clip types, and used transcripts to remove pauses, but a request for more headroom moved the frame down and left black space at the top, and extracting text from a flattened graphic did not match the original font and style. They discuss Fable 5 returning with multiple overlapping classifiers and safeguards, especially for cybersecurity, where some requests are refused or referred to Opus 4.8, and debate government oversight of model releases. Finally, they explain MCP as a standard letting AI tools connect to and act in other services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Salesforce, and HubSpot, compare Claude’s connector library and granular allow or ask permissions with Zapier’s, and close by previewing videos on Comfy UI and Google Flow using the Omni model.

Key takeaways

• The hosts attribute rising device prices in part to AI data centers competing with consumer electronics for RAM and other components.
• In Nick’s beta testing, Adobe’s Firefly AI assistant handled organizing and labeling clips well but made framing and font-matching mistakes, so they advise caution judging a beta.
• The hosts say Fable 5 uses overlapping classifiers for cybersecurity-related requests, with some queries refused or referred to Opus 4.8.
• MCP connectors let an AI assistant read data from and take actions in connected tools, moving AI use beyond question-and-answer chat.
• The hosts recommend using granular permissions in connectors, such as read-only access or asking before each action, rather than granting unrestricted access.

Episode details: published July 3, 2026 · 52:51 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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