Canva is significantly increasing subscription prices for some customers, particularly impacting those on older Canva Teams plans. The cost for a five-person plan will see a staggering 300% rise, jumping from $119.99 per year to $500 per year. Users will receive a 40% discount for the first 12 months before the new pricing takes effect. Canva cites its enhanced suite of AI-powered design tools, such as Magic Studio, as the reason for the price hike.
Google Photos Enhances Search with AI
Google Photos is rolling out a new AI-powered search feature, Ask Photos, which utilizes Google’s Gemini AI model. This upgrade allows users to perform natural language searches across their photo library. The feature can interpret and respond to queries about your photos, such as identifying the last meal you had at a specific restaurant or recalling the theme of your child’s most recent birthday party.
Safe Superintelligence Secures Major Funding
Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), has successfully raised over $1 billion in capital. Before founding SSI, Sutskever led OpenAI’s Superalignment team, which focused on general AI safety research. His departure from OpenAI came after a highly publicized fallout attributed to a “breakdown in communications.”