Canva launches AI 2.0 with a conversational design interface, letting users create and edit designs using plain text descriptions, featuring persistent memory, Object-Based Intelligence, and third-party integrations with Slack, Gmail, and Google Drive — rolling out now to the first one million users.
Cursor 3.1 launches agent-created canvases, enabling AI to generate interactive visual dashboards, diagrams, and charts built on a React-based UI library, dramatically reducing friction in human-agent collaboration by replacing dense text with dynamic visual interfaces.
Google launches 'Skills' in Chrome, enabling users to save and reuse AI prompts via simple shortcuts, streamlining repetitive tasks as AI-powered browser features continue to surge in popularity across the industry.
Google launches a Gemini desktop app for macOS, offering instant AI access via a keyboard shortcut, but the Apple Silicon-only release with no Windows version in sight suggests Google is still playing catch-up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
OpenAI rolls out its ChatGPT Windows desktop app with screen awareness and quick-access shortcuts, but only paid subscribers can use it now — free users must wait until later this year for full access.
Google launches a free native Gemini app for macOS 15 and above, letting users share their screen for instant AI-powered insights and access the assistant from anywhere with a quick Option + Space keyboard shortcut.
Adobe launches its Firefly AI Assistant, enabling creators to execute complex, multi-step workflows across Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator using plain language commands while learning user preferences over time.
Google launches a native Gemini AI app for Mac, offering instant desktop access via Option + Space, real-time screen sharing, file assistance, and image and video generation capabilities for all users on macOS 15 or later.
Cloudflare quadruples its browser capacity and rebrands Browser Rendering as Browser Run, launching powerful AI agent tools including Live View, Human in the Loop, and Session Recordings, enabling developers to monitor, replay, and intervene in real-time AI-driven web browsing sessions at unprecedented scale.
Anthropic launches Claude Code, an AI coding assistant now available across terminals, IDEs, Slack, and browsers, with teams reporting 7.6x more frequent deployments and 14% week-over-week growth, starting at $17/month.