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Canva released AI 2.0 today, rolling out to the first one million users who access its homepage. The update introduces a unified conversational interface that allows users to generate and edit designs through text prompts, with the platform claiming users can create "multi-channel campaign plans" and execute them entirely through natural language descriptions.

DuckDuckGo's Duck.ai chatbot platform now includes OpenAI's GPT-5 mini for free users and GPT-5.2 for subscribers, both with reasoning capabilities. The platform continues to anonymize all conversations by default, stripping metadata before routing chats to model providers including Anthropic, Meta, Mistral, and OpenAI.

Google is launching 'Ask Maps,' a new chatbot feature powered by Gemini AI within its Maps application. The tool allows users to ask complex, contextual questions beyond typical navigation, such as finding charging stations without long waits or locating lit tennis courts. The feature rolls out Thursday in the U.S. and India on iOS and Android, with desktop access coming soon.

Amazon has introduced a 'sassy' personality style for Alexa+ that includes occasional censored profanity, described as combining 'unfiltered personality' with 'razor-sharp wit, playful sarcasm and occasional censored profanity.' The feature is restricted to adult users and requires additional security checks including face scans to activate.

Meta is testing a shopping research feature within its Meta AI chatbot designed to compete with similar e-commerce tools from OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. The feature represents Meta's effort to expand AI chatbot capabilities beyond conversation into commerce-focused use cases.