Canva announced on Thursday that they will be introducing a conversational Gen AI chatbot called Canva AI at their annual creative conference.
Chatting with the AI is a viable option for receiving design advice, starting a project, and creating AI images with its Dream Lab and Magic Studio artificial intelligence tools.
Canva is also introducing what it calls The Visual Suite 2.0, which lets you combine multiple templates/files, such as whiteboards, social media mock-ups, and presentations, all in one project file.
Canva's use of AI to power two new features is a significant departure from its design-centric background. Now, Canva's AI is capable of aiding you in writing code.
"Coding is a natural extension of making capabilities that were previously reserved for a select few accessible to everyone, as Robert Kawalsky, the head of product at Canva, pointed out in an interview. "I think the key is bringing the same hallmark simplicity that we brought to design to this experience."
Canva Sheets, a dedicated spreadsheet, is being introduced by Canva as another first. Previously, it was necessary to create a document and add a table to import Excel or spreadsheet data. With more true data management tools, you can now manage and visualize data in Canva Sheets.
There also will be new AI insights in Canva Sheets that allow you to interact with your data. You can ask it questions and it will analyze your data to highlight findings. You can also ask the AI to write formulas for you, something that could be super helpful if you're not an Excel wizard. Canva's text-generation tool Magic Write is also integrated in Sheets to help generate text in bulk.
Canva's AI policy automatically opts you out of training -- meaning Canva will not train on your content unless you decide to opt in. You own the AI-generated content you make. You can read the full privacy policy and AI terms of use for more information.
Creative software like Canva has seen an increase in the use of generative AI. Last year, Canva raised its team prices by up to 300% in some cases, to reflect the current price of the plan and the value of our expanded product experience. Canva told The Verge at the time. According to Kawalsky, there will be no pricing updates for this AI update batch.
For more, check out how to use AI to write a resume and design a presentation.
