1151 ET - Adobe believes its legal use of generative AI will eventually be a tailwind, as companies are starting to sue less formal AI companies. Disney and Universal this week sued AI company Midjourney claiming it made illegal copies of the studios' copyrighted works. Adobe management said on a call Thursday its AI features are commercially safe because it pays contributors who train the AI. "We see a lot of companies selecting FireFly … because of the commercial safety of it," David Wadhwani, digital media business president, said. "We believe it's a safe bet for the long-term in this industry." (katherine.hamilton@wsj.com)

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1157 ET - Adobe is looking to further integrate its Acrobat and Express products. Customers are increasingly looking to use both products for the same projects, driven by "an absolute explosion in the demand for content creation," David Wadhwani, digital media business president, said during an analyst call Thursday. Acrobat does tasks like summarizing a document, while Express can create a graphic based on that information. To meet this demand, which has grown with the popularity of AI, Adobe is planning a deeper integration between the two features, which it plans to roll out in the second half of this year, Wadhwani said. (katherine.hamilton@wsj.com)

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