Anyone who’s used an AI image or video generator knows that these tools are often the opposite of precise. If you’re using an AI generator with a specific idea in mind, you’ll likely need to do a lot of work to bring that vision to life.

Adobe’s convinced that it can make its AI hub, Firefly, a place where AI can be customized and precise, which is what the company aims for with the release of new AI video editing tools on Tuesday.

Over the course of 2025, Adobe has quietly emerged as one of the best places to use generative AI tools. Firefly subscriptions starting at $10 a month, making it an affordable program that provides integration with top models from Google, OpenAI, Runway, Luma and several other leading AI companies. It’s expanding its roster with Topaz Labs’ Astra (available in Firefly Boards) and Flux 2.1 from Black Forest Labs, available in Firefly and Photoshop desktop.

The partnerships are helping to make Firefly an all-in-one hub for creators to leverage AI, said Steve Newcomb, vice president of product for Firefly, in an exclusive interview. Just as Photoshop is the «career partner» of photographers, Firefly aims to become a partner for AI video and image creators.

«If you’re a photographer, [Photoshop] has everything that you could ever want. It has all the tooling, all the plugins, in one spot with one subscription. You don’t have to subscribe to 25 different photo things,» Newcomb said. «So for us, Firefly, our philosophy is, how do we be that home?» 

One way is through partnerships with AI companies, similar to Photoshop plug-ins. Precise editing tools are another, he said.

That’s why Adobe is trying to make it easier to edit AI-generated content. Hallucinations are common in AI-generated images and videos, such as disappearing and reappearing objects, weird blurs and other inaccuracies. For professional creators who use Adobe, the inability to edit out hallucinations makes AI almost unusable for final projects. 

In my own testing, I’ve often found that editing tools are basic, at best. At worst, they’re entirely absent, particularly for newer AI video technologies. Firefly’s new prompt-based editing for AI videos, announced on Tuesday, is a way to get that hands-on control.

If you’ve edited images in Firefly via prompting, the video setup will feel familiar. Even if you haven’t, prompt-based editing is essentially a fancy term for asking AI to modify things as you would when talking with a chatbot. Google’s nano banana pro in Gemini is one example of an AI tool that allows you to edit through prompts. 

Firefly’s video prompt editing has the added bonus of allowing you to switch between models for edits: You can generate with Firefly and edit with Runway’s Aleph, for example.

Like with any AI chatbot or tool, prompt-based editing isn’t always accurate. But it’s a nice option without having to leave Firefly for Premiere Pro. 

The plan is to go beyond just prompt-based editing, Newcomb said. More AI-based precision editing tools for Firefly will be important, allowing you to make even more minute changes. What makes it possible is something called layer-based editing, a behind-the-scenes technology that enables easier, detailed changes in AI-generated images and videos. 

Adobe plans to implement layer-based editing in the future, which will likely form the foundation for future AI video editing tools. The goal is to make it easier to stay working in Firefly «until the last mile» of editing, Newcomb said.

«We can run the gamut of the precision continuum all the way to the end, and just think of prompting as being one of many tools. But it is absolutely not the only tool,» said Newcomb.

For now, there is another piece of video editing news that could help you build more precise AI videos.

AI video editing without Premiere Pro expertise

Adobe is also bringing its full AI video editor into beta on Tuesday, the next step toward making editable and, therefore, usable AI video. 

Debuted at the company’s annual Max conference in October, the video editor is now launching in a public beta. It sits between basic video editors and the feature-stuffed Premiere Pro. It’ll be great for AI enthusiasts who want more editing firepower than you get with OpenAI or Google, without needing expertise in Premiere Pro.

The video editor is meant to help you put all the pieces of your project together in one place. It has a multitrack timeline for you to compile all your clips and audio tracks. That’s especially important because, while you can create your own AI speech and soundtracks, Firefly AI videoes don’t natively generate with sound. (You can use Veo 3 or Sora 2 in Firefly to generate those initial clips with audio, though.) You can also export in a variety of aspect ratios. 

«Think of the video editor as being one of our cornerstone releases that is helping us move toward being one place, one home, where you can have one subscription and get to every model you ever needed to get the job done,» Newcomb said.

Motorola added several notable improvements to the $300 Moto G Power that the 2025 model lacked. But the company did so at the expense of one of the prior phone’s best features: wireless charging.

I’m bummed about this news. I liked the 2025 Moto G Power because I could recharge it with a cable or wirelessly and was delighted to find such flexibility on such an affordable phone. But perhaps one of the reasons Motorola removed the feature was because it upgraded the new Moto G Power’s battery to a 5,200-mAh capacity. That’s 200 mAh more than the 2025 Moto G Power. Maybe Motorola is thinking you won’t need to recharge the phone as frequently. The Moto G (2026) and Moto G Play (2026) also got larger batteries.

Despite lacking wireless charging, it supports a respectable 30W wired charging speed.

The new Moto G Power runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chip and 8GB of RAM, the same processor and memory that the 2025 edition had. The 2026 Moto G Power has RAM Boost to help it run more apps and tasks. We’ll have to test it to see if there’s a noticeable difference between the new Moto G Power’s performance and its cheaper 2026 siblings, the Moto G Play and Moto G. The phone runs Android 16, and has Google’s Circle to Search along with the Gemini AI assistant.

Many of the 2026 Moto G Power’s other features were in the 2025 edition, which is largely a good thing. It has IP68 and IP69 ratings for using underwater, so it should handle having a drink spilled on it with no problem. It has a 6.8-inch 1,080-pixel resolution display and a pair of lenses on the back: a 50-megapixel wide-angle camera and an 8-megapixel ultrawide. The Moto G Power has a new 32-megapixel front-facing camera, which should improve photos and video calls from the 2025 Moto G Power’s 16-megapixel selfie camera.

The Moto G Power comes in white (Pantone pure cashmere) and dark blue (Pantone evening blue) and will go on sale Jan. 8 in the US, with initial availability at Motorola’s website, Best Buy and Amazon. It will also be available at wireless carriers over the coming months.

Somewhere on TikTok, I discovered that you can upload a selfie to ChatGPT and ask what nonsurgical treatments you could consider for antiaging. It gives you a full breakdown, like an AI cosmetic surgeon.

Pretty cool, especially given the cost of a cosmetic doctor.

But I’d tested out ChatGPT already for beauty advice and FaceApp to show me how I’ll age. I was looking for advice from AI that went deeper with insights based on my skin and what’s going on underneath its surface. It is the body’s largest organ, after all. 

That’s when I discovered Noom’s new AI Face Scan feature, which promises longevity stats from a simple selfie in seconds. I had to try it, even though I was scared about what it would reveal. Years of partying hard and traveling the world likely accelerated my aging process. 

Worth it, though.

Noom, a health and longevity platform, launched Face Scan and Future Me in October 2025, available for free to use via the app. Face Scan is powered by NuraLogix, while Future Me uses Haut.ai. 

Let’s see my biological age according to AI.

Huberman-style health insights, using AI

To access the AI features, I downloaded the Noom app and created a login. Noom asked a few questions like my age, height, weight and health goals. Once I was set up, I navigated to the Health tab, then selected Health Insights. 

I was presented with three options: Face Scan, Future Me and Body Composition Scan.

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I was more interested in the health screening report to find out what AI predicted for my biological age, metabolic and heart health indicators and vital signs, as well as what Noom would recommend to improve it. Biological age tests are usually conducted through blood tests, and even then, they aren’t 100% accurate or indicative of overall health. 

Selfie time, but do I dare do it without makeup? It’ll probably be more accurate. 

Noom opened with its privacy policy, which you have to give consent for, then asked a few more questions, such as my birthday and whether I smoke, take any medications or have diabetes. This information is used for the biological age calculator. I scanned the privacy policy and couldn’t see any red flags. 

Then it gave me some tips on how to take the best selfie. Basically, an intense close-up. 

While it was loading, it gave more context about how it worked. Noom uses remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) to detect tiny changes in color and light absorption beneath the skin with the aim of determining blood volume and flow, heart rate, breathing and stress levels.

Photoplethysmography is the technology used in wearables, but studies are split on the validity of rPPG. 

One study published in 2023 determined it was uncertain as to the extent that rPPG will be able to estimate blood pressure in real-world settings, due to physiologic, environmental and technical limitations. Another study (2021) stated, «image processing based approaches for rPPG have been shown to perform better than contact-based sensors for pulse rate determination.»

Noom has prefaced this in its fine print in the app, stating «Health insights in this report are for informational purposes only and do not constitute medical advice.»

What I saw next was what I feared: a biological age of 44 when I’m 37. 

Granted, I took this photo with no makeup while recovering from an IVF procedure a few days ago. Growing up in the Australian sun likely didn’t help, either. According to Noom, it uses the «stress patterns from tiny color changes in the skin.»

Here’s what the report said:

Based on this, the AI app said I should focus on improving my cardiac workload and heart rate variability. 

Next up, my metabolic health, which it said was optimal:

Looks like I need to work on the high triglycerides.

Next, I was hoping for a full report with lifestyle suggestions, but it directed me straight to a page to buy GLP-1 — drugs like Ozempic — to «lower my biological age.» Ouch.

This was a bit disappointing because it felt like the endgame was to get me to buy Noom’s products, rather than provide substantive advice. 

So instead, I took all this information across to good ol’ ChatGPT for an action plan that I can review and reach out to my doctor about. 

Here was my prompt: «I used Noom’s Face Scan feature to learn my biological age and health markers. Can you review the results and provide an action plan on how I can improve my health? I need to improve my cardiac workload and heart rate variability. It said I’m at risk of high triglycerides. Explain what all of this means and what I can do about it to reduce my biological age.» 

Reviewing my results 

I liked how I could feed all of the information from Noom into ChatGPT for further context. For example, ChatGPT told me the results don’t necessarily mean I’m «unhealthy,» but rather, I have physiological stress markers on the face, possibly due to inflammation and stress. It even said, «recent medical treatments can temporarily worsen bloat/inflammation.» 

Thanks, ChatGPT. 

Here’s where it got tactical with an action plan to reduce my biological age, improve heart function and lower triglycerides:

It also gave me a 30-day health optimization plan, which included 20-40 minutes of cardio, five minutes of HRV breathing, taking magnesium at night, a 10-minute walk after heavier meals, consuming 30-40g of protein with every meal, drinking 2 liters of water each day, getting morning sunlight and going to bed between 10:30 and 11 p.m. All of that was done daily — it also suggested several times a week of yoga or Pilates, strength training, using a sauna and taking long outdoor walks, as well as recommending a diet that was high in omega-3, low in carbs, low in alcohol, high in fiber and Mediterranean-style.

According to ChatGPT, following these basic tenets would improve my biological age within four to six weeks. 

It’s important to note that this is not the same as an accurate medical diagnosis or treatment plan from a qualified clinician — and neither is Noom’s report either — so you should always consult your doctor when you have health concerns or are considering significant changes to your lifestyle (diet, taking supplements, etc.) — especially so that your medical information remains private.

The verdict

While I didn’t love Noom alone, I did find it useful to use those insights to prompt ChatGPT. I’ve ended the year with a big goal for 2026: to get serious about strength training. This reiterates health data I’ve explored with AI before. 

Now I have a doable action plan to inform my new year’s goal setting. 

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)