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Canva's AI: Can it compete with Photoshop? 🤔

🎨 Creating AI designs with Canva, Microsoft’s CEO thinks Bing Chat was overhyped, LinkedIn uses OpenAI for new AI tools, and more!

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Everyday AI
October 03, 2023

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Today in Everyday AI
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Can Canva’s AI be a reliable source for AI creatives? How does its features stack up to the competition? We dive in. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: Automate your outbound selling with AI, AI algorithms bias with skin tones, and Stability’s new AI model made for mobile. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Microsoft’s CEO thinks Bing Chat was overhyped, Samsung and Tenstorrent developing an AI chip and LinkedIn uses OpenAI for new AI tools. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🚀 AI In 5: Can Canva’s Magic AI features be a game changer? We show you how to use them. See more here

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: So just how good are Canva’s Magic AI features? Let’s take a closer look at how you can use them. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We went over 5 ChatGPT hacks, Meta’s new Llama 2 long AI, and gave a first look at Dall-E 3  Check it here!

Canva and AI - A Winning Combination? 🤔

Canva has always been a great entry-level design tool to create quick and effective creatives.

The templates are top notch, the learning curve is low, and the new AI features legit sparkle.

But now that Canva has started to get into the AI-powered design space, how does its AI features stack up to competition like Adobe, Midjourney and Dall-E?

Is it a game-changer?

Join the conversation and ask Jordan any questions about Canva. Oh, and pardon the tech interruptions during the livestream. We are human after all, right? 🤖

Also on the pod today:

• Canva's position in the creative space 🧑‍🎨️
• Creating AI designs 🖼
• AI image editing tools 📷

It’ll be worth your 33 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – Vidyard automates your outbound selling, Emoji.is is an AI emoji generator, and Mobile-GPT brings generative AI to WhatsApp.

Trending in AI – Is it possible that AI algorithms are biased towards certain skin tones? Sony found that AI tools ignore yellow and red hues in human skin color.

Read This - So a study from the University of Maryland found it super easy to work around AI watermarks AND even add fake AI watermarks to real images.

Big Tech – Stability released an experimental model called Stable LM 3B, which is optimized for mobile devices.

AI in Society – A software company sold a New Jersey police department an AI crime predicting algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time.

1. AI Competes with the Stock Market 💸

Voleon Group is using AI to pick stocks and manage its $5,000,000,000 in assets. The results from its AI so far have been beating the market. Their goal is to disrupt the space and prove that AI can be a reliable source. Check out more here.

2. Microsoft’s CEO Says Bing Chat Was Overhyped 🗣️

Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, has admitted to overhyping Bing Chat's potential to revolutionize internet search. Earlier in 2023, Nadella ambitiously declared that Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT, would "make Google dance." However, despite the initial enthusiasm, Bing Chat hasn't significantly dented Google's search dominance. Read more here.

3. Samsung and Tenstorrent Join Forces for AI Chip Development 🤖

Samsung's chip manufacturing arm is collaborating with Canadian startup Tenstorrent to craft AI chips and intellectual property for data centers. Announced on Oct. 2, the partnership aims to introduce the "next generation of AI chiplets to the market." Tenstorrent, known for its AI processors, will utilize Samsung's advanced SF4X process and 4nm architecture for their upcoming chips. Dive into the details here.

4. LinkedIn Leverages OpenAI for Enhanced AI Tools 🛠️

LinkedIn is taking a significant leap into the realm of AI. Celebrating its 21st year, the platform is introducing a suite of AI-driven features to enhance its job hunting, marketing, sales, and learning products. The integration of these AI tools are powered by technology from OpenAI and Microsoft.

5. Voice Actors vs. AI: A Battle for Authenticity and Rights 🎙️

The rise of generative AI poses challenges and threats to voice actors, with concerns ranging from job losses to unauthorized use of their unique vocal signatures. While industry experts believe that AI can't fully replicate the emotion and artistry behind voice acting, the rapid tech advancements have raised alarms. See what they’re worried about here.

Canva's Magic AI features - What they are and how to use them 🪄

Canva is expected to release a slew of new AI features tomorrow at its Magic event.

So we decided to dive into Canva's current Magic AI features and see how effective and reliable they are.

Is Canva's AI better than Adobe or Dall-E? Let's find out!

🤷‍♂️ What’s Going On and Why It Matters:

Is it time to give Canva some AI love?

We think so.

As much as we talk about fan favorites like ChatGPT, Midjourney and others, we thought it was about time to give Canva some AI shine.

And with some major AI announcements expected from Canva tomorrow, now is a great time to re-learn all of the AI canva has to offer.

To be honest, we had major tech issues today on our livestream. Bummer. Buuuut, we dropped a special AI in 5 to give you the highest level recap, so make sure to check that out as well.

(Obvi this was made with Canva)

But if you missed our connection-riddled livestream, here’s the high level recap.

- Canva is a design juggernaut and has gone from a relatively unknown tool to the preferred option in a decade

- Canva is an online program with thousands of easy to edit templates and a very generous free plan

- Photoshop is definitely taking note of Canva’s rise to dominance and recently released a web version of its popular desktop editor, with AI features galore.

- Canva is expected to launch some slick new AI features at its ‘Magic is Coming’ event tomorrow, October 4th.

Whew.

All caught up now? Great, let’s break today’s show down and talk about how we can leverage Canva and its AI tools! 👇

🦾How You Can Leverage:

If you didn’t know any better, you might miss many of Canva’s most useful AI features.

Maybe they started to deprioritize them as they worked to improve the features behind the scenes?

Regardless, with some major AI updates about to ship, it’s time to go in and get caught up on all the AI Canva Magic.

So after you jam out and catch the (glitchy) replay of the livestream, let’s break down our 3 favorite use-cases for Canva and its Magic AI abilities. 🪄

1 – One Click Presentations 📽️

Like we went over in today’s show, Canva’s most useful AI feature (in our opinion) is pretty hidden. Did you know that Canva can create an ENTIRE PRESENTATION with only a few words of input? Yeah, it can. You just gotta know where to look.

Try this:
Although the ‘Magic Design’ option used to be front and center with a huuuuuge button, it’s now strangely hidden. And you also used to be able to access it from the Canva Assistant.

Both are gone now, but you can still use the Magic Design option by simply typing a short description in the search bar. We know, doesn’t make sense to us, either.

Any time you’re editing a presentation, locate that bar in the upper left hand corner to use the AI presentation feature.

2 – Magic Eraser and Edit ✏️

Real talk: to erase and replace images used to take lightyears.

Back in the early days of Photoshop, it might take a novice hours to erase an image and recreate what would be the background, or to swap out elements in an image. With the Magic Edit and Magic Eraser options, it can be done in Canva in seconds.

Try this:
Reimagine what you can accomplish with your visuals.

Sure, Canva has the AI image feature. But, to be honest, that leaves a lot to be desired. So instead, tap into Canva’s expansive stock library, and use the Magic Edit and Magic Erase options to tweak those photos to your heart’s content.

3 – Magic Grab = Hidden Gem 💎️

Take it from a team that routinely spends thousands of hours designing each year. (That’s us). Some AI features are just marketing bells and whistles, and some are legit time-savers. So, we saved the best for last.

Sure, the ability to create an entire presentation with one-click is awesome. But, Magic Grab is the real power play here. The ability to instantly separate the background and the foreground, to move and resize an object AND to instantly magically fill in the missing artifacts all in one swoop is a legit AI wizardry win.

Try this:
Got some great images and want to bring life to them? Use Magic Grab to move your foreground subject around in the photo, whether it’s a person modeling or a product shot that needs a new perspective. Combine Magic Grab with Magic Edit, and you have limitless possibilities.

Now This …

Do you plan to use Canva’s AI or have you used it already?

If so, reply back to this email and let us know what you have or will use it for!

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