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AI Unlocks Figma’s Design Secrets
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Creative Automation & Creative Automation
June 04, 2025
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We’re not here to bore you with jargon or overhype the robot revolution. Nope, we’re slicing through the noise with a side of sass, delivering the tastiest tech tidbits straight to your brain. So, grab a coffee and let’s unpack this week’s menu of innovation, where AI’s cooking, Photoshop’s shrinking, and your design workflow’s getting a glow-up.
In this week’s tech carnival:
🎨 Figma’s Dev Mode MCP server gives AI the keys to your design kingdom
📱 Photoshop goes mobile, free, and suspiciously good at ex-erasing
📝 Google’s NotebookLM learns to share without oversharing
🎥 Bing Video Creator lets you play with OpenAI’s Sora
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Design
AI Access Transforms Figma Workflow
Figma is rolling out a new Dev Mode MCP server that lets AI assistants peek behind the design curtain. Rather than AI tools squinting at your exported JPGs like confused art students, they'll now access the actual design data—exact colors, precise measurements, and all those nerdy details that make developers twitch with joy.
It's like giving your AI assistant the recipe instead of asking it to reverse-engineer your grandma's secret cookie formula from a photo. The result? Less LLM usage and more accurate code translation from pretty pictures to functioning applications.
This follows May's Figma Make platform going fully available, with the Sites Code Layers feature coming June 12th. Apparently, teaching robots to read your design mind wasn't efficient enough—now they're getting VIP access to your entire creative process.
Tech
Photoshop Goes Pocket-Sized and Free
Adobe finally acknowledges that people edit photos outside their home offices by bringing full Photoshop to mobile devices. The free beta version has landed on both iPhone and Android with core desktop features like layers, masks, and the suspiciously convenient Tap Select tool.
Android users scored the sweeter deal with temporary access to all premium features during beta (duration conveniently unspecified—how generous!). Meanwhile, everyone else can upgrade to the paid plan ($7.99/month) for advanced features like Object Select and access to 20,000 fonts you'll never use.
Adobe promises seamless integration with its ecosystem of other apps you probably don't own. Perfect for editing on the go, or removing that ex from your profile pic with AI that definitely won't leave weird artifacts.
AI
AI Notebooks Go Social with Google's NotebookLM Upgrade
Google's NotebookLM is stepping out of its introverted shell with new public sharing features. Now your AI-powered notebooks can be shared via public links, letting others explore your carefully curated content without messing with your organization.
Viewers can't edit (thank goodness), but they can still interact with all those fancy AI features like audio overviews and FAQs. Think of it as giving someone a guided tour of your brain without letting them rearrange the furniture.
Since launching as an experiment in 2023, NotebookLM has become surprisingly popular for helping users digest content from documents, slides, and even YouTube videos—essentially doing your reading and note-taking for you.
Videos
Bing AI Video Creation Gets Public Debut
Microsoft has quietly opened the floodgates to OpenAI's groundbreaking Sora video generation model through its Bing Video Creator. While tech giants like Google and Meta keep their video AI toys locked in corporate playgrounds, Microsoft decided to let the commoners have a go—albeit with training wheels firmly attached.
The free tool generates 5-second vertical videos perfect for social media, but don't expect instant gratification. Users report waiting hours for their masterpieces, suggesting Microsoft's servers might be working at the digital equivalent of DMV speeds.
After 10 free generations, you'll need Microsoft Rewards points—essentially paying with your search history. It's a clever way to boost Bing usage while democratizing technology previously reserved for the tech elite.
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