“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones

An AI-assisted open source effort is attempting to recreate Adobe’s creative suite with near-parity alternatives, signaling growing pressure on premium software vendors and accelerating the commoditization of application features. For CIOs and technology leaders, the strategic takeaway is that AI can materially lower the cost and time required to build or replicate software, but it also raises governance, legal, support, and user-experience risks that IT must evaluate before treating these tools as enterprise-ready replacements.