April 11, 2025

🌀 AI + Canva = magic

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Hey there, AI enthusiasts. Canva just launched a conversational AI assistant that lets anyone create professional designs, code, and data visualizations through simple chat.

This all-in-one tool eliminates the need for design skills while challenging both established software and AI startups.

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In Today’s AI Daily:

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  • Canva's game-changing AI assistant for everyone
  • Google's massive AI upgrades at Cloud Next 25
  • Samsung-Google's Ballie home robot coming soon
  • Updates from Grok, ChatGPT, and YouTube
  • New AI tools & prompts
CANVA

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🎨 Canva launches all-in-one AI assistant for creators

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The AI Daily: Canva just launched Canva AI, a new conversational assistant that brings all of its AI tools into one easy-to-use chat. You can now create designs, write content, make images, and build interactive tools just by typing or talking.

Key notes:

  • You can describe what you need, and Canva AI will create designs, images, or documents for you.
  • The new Canva Code feature lets you build things like calculators without needing to know how to code.
  • Canva Sheets adds smart data tools, including automatic chart creation.
  • It works the same on both phones and computers.
  • All AI-generated content is fully editable within Canva's standard tools.

Why it matters: This update makes design tools easier for everyone to use, even without tech or design skills. By putting all its AI features into a simple assistant, Canva is helping more people create high-quality work and is competing with both old-school design tools and new AI startups.

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GOOGLE

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🚀 Google unveils massive AI upgrades at Cloud Next 2025

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The AI Daily: Google revealed a bunch of new AI updates at its Cloud Next 2025 event, including faster chips, smarter models, and tools to help businesses build better AI apps.

Key notes:

  • Google launched Ironwood, its 7th-generation AI chip with 5x more power and 6x more memory than before.
  • Project IDX is joining with Firebase Studio to create a smart platform for building apps with AI agents.
  • Google added Lyria, a tool that turns text into music—making it the only platform with AI for video, image, speech, and music.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash is a faster, cheaper model that lets users choose how smart it needs to be to save on costs.
  • New Agent Development Kit and Agent2Agent protocol help companies build and connect their own AI assistants.

Why it matters: Google is stepping up in every part of AI—from chips and tools to apps and music. With millions already using its AI and more jumping on board, these upgrades could help Google grow even bigger in the race to lead the AI world.

SAMSUNG & GOOGLE

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🤝 Samsung partners with Google to power Ballie home robot with Gemini AI

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The AI Daily: Samsung and Google are teaming up to launch Ballie, a small home robot about the size of a soccer ball. It uses Google’s Gemini AI to talk naturally and help around the house. After years of work, Ballie will finally be available this summer.

Key notes:

  • Ballie will launch in the US and South Korea between June and August 2025.
  • Gemini AI lets it have real conversations and control smart home devices.
  • It can give fashion tips, health advice, and help manage your calendar.
  • Ballie uses audio, video, voice, and sensor data to understand its surroundings.
  • Samsung hasn’t said how much it will cost yet.

Why it matters: This is a big move in home robotics. By combining Samsung’s hardware with Google’s powerful AI, Ballie could change how we use technology at home. It’s one of the first smart robots made for everyday people that can move around and actually help with daily tasks.

FAST TRACKS

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🗞️ What Matters in AI Right Now?

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Elon Musk said in a livestream that Grok 3.5 is coming soon with big improvements, and Grok 4 will launch later this year.

OpenAI enhanced ChatGPT's memory to reference past chats for more personalized responses, rolling out to Plus and Pro users now with Team, Enterprise, and Edu access coming within weeks.

YouTube launched an AI music generation feature allowing U.S. Partner Program creators to create free custom instrumental tracks for videos using text prompts.

Writer released AI HQ, a tool for companies to build and manage their own AI agents. Big names like Uber and Franklin Templeton are already using it.

LiveKit launched Agents 1.0, a voice AI system that can manage multiple agents at once. They also raised $45 million to keep growing. Their platform helps over 100,000 developers manage 3 billion calls a year.

NTT Research started the Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group. It works with Harvard and combines physics, brain science, and machine learning to better understand how AI really works.

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