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Adobe Research, UC San Diego build EditAgent needing about 10x general-editor retry compute: Adobe Research and UC San Diego built EditAgent, an AI image-editing agent that selects specialized tools for each task and uses a standard language model to choose results based on measured image data. It works but needs about 10 times the compute of retrying a general-purpose editor.

AI research • The Decoder

Humain • Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco buys 49% stake in AI startup Humain for about $2.6B cash: Saudi Aramco acquired a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing about $2.6 billion in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets. Saudi Arabia's PIF retains a 51% stake in the company.