Adobe Bets Next Partnerships on On-Device AI Running Inside Your PC

At a glance

At Adobe MAX 2026, Adobe named on-device AI, which runs directly on chips in a user's PC or Mac without cloud servers, as the key direction for its partnerships next year. After adding more than 30 AI models over the past year and expanding into chat services like ChatGPT, Adobe now points to the device itself as its next stage.

Key points

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   Adobe showed Photoshop and Premiere in versions optimized for Windows PCs, built with Microsoft.

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   In May, Adobe let Photoshop's object removal feature run on Macs with Apple chips without the cloud.

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   Adobe agreed to a multi-year partnership with Disney and will build a Disney-only generative AI model with it.

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   Adobe said the Disney model will be for Disney alone and will not be released as a consumer product.

Why it matters

If AI runs on personal devices instead of servers, speed and privacy could change, and the way people use AI may shift.