Sam here. I spotted this article about Canva’s introduction of new AI-powered design tools on The Verve and thought it was newsworthy, considering how many Artificial Intelligence technology announcements there have been lately in the fields of graphic design and the visual arts.

Among the many impressive features announced by Canva today are AI-powered brand management and AI-powered copywriting. A couple of days ago Adobe Systems unveils (in beta) Firefly, a family of new creative generative AI. Last but not least, OpenAI introduced DALL-E and DALL-E 2 their descriptive art and image creation tools a while ago.

Bill Gates lately declared that AI will be as transformational as the internet and smartphones. I’m not posting this just because of the Canva announcement. These new AI-powered tools and others that are yet to emerge will change the way we create and manipulate art going forward. So, I’m really just name-dropping some of the new technologies for the benefit of anyone interested in exploring the future of graphic design and image creation/manipulation.