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The coverage highlights Canva's launch of Craft, a high‑resolution AI image generator, framing it as a bold move to compete with major AI art players. The tone is upbeat, emphasizing innovation and market positioning.
The design platform introduces its first image‑generation model, Craft, which creates high‑resolution visuals from textual prompts, positioning Canva against rivals such as Google, OpenAI, and Meta in the AI art market.
Google launches Google Pics, a new AI-powered image creation and editing tool that lets users generate visuals by prompting, set to roll out across Google Workspace.
Canva’s new Code 2.0 lets users build interactive websites, apps, and experiences with plain‑language prompts, adding drag‑and‑drop editing and faster generation to its design platform.
Canva is shifting from a pure design tool to an AI‑first infrastructure platform, promising faster and cheaper content creation for marketers scaling output.
The question in 2026 isn't "have you heard of AI?" — it's which tools are actually worth your attention, and how do you use them without wasting three hours watching tutorial videos?