Mysterious AI assistant

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December 19, 2025
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Have you ever noticed this before?

I was goofing around in quick mode and stumbled across a "AI assistant" in pse 2026, while playing around in quick mode. Anyone else notice/see/ use it?

You access it using the icon just to the left of the envelop icon in the upper right corner of the program screen,

SIDENOTE: The things in the pictures are not pine cones or mushrooms. I found them on a trail on my property.

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Jeff Arola

Community Expert

There's a small blurb about it here under the Photoshop Elements 2026 update (version 2026.1) update description:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/release-note/update.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-product-location=Search%3AForums%3Alink%2F3.7.6

and here

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/ai-assistant-beta-2026.html

Glenn 8675309Author

Legend

I have quickly determined that the AI assistant is quite lacking (My opinion only) and I will never use it. Based upon my recent experience with it: It's just going to confuse a new user, most users actually.

The graphic in the editor is actually from an Adboe Photoshop Express template. I changed the text a bit, and added a fake barcode.

The AI assistant appears to be like Alexa (I think they are related)---I will ask alexa a simple question such as "Alexa, who starred in the old TV Series "Gilligan's Island?".... "O.K. Here's something I found on the web: Begin with two level cups of sugar"-- then proceeds to tell he how to make sugar cookies.

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99jon

Legend

I opened an image in Quick mode and launched the A.I Assistant (beta)

I typed change image to balsck & white and it worked right away.

For other tasks it seems to guide me to menus like Enhance

I guess this is still in development.

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