Adobe’s AI assistant learns to work in the background, and Google is helping out

Adobe is holding its Max conference in Miami Beach today, and it has used the occasion to announce a bunch of new AI features, along with an expanded partnership with Google. The most interesting of the former is what Adobe calls always-on agents, which are coming to its Firefly AI Assistant in early 2027 in beta.

The idea is that you pick a pre-defined agent built for a specific creative workflow, customize what it does, set a goal, and review its plan before it begins. The agent then keeps working in the background even when you step away, decides when to repeat tasks, learns your…