The frontier of creative software is becoming a battle of the AI assistants. With Adobe already making bold claims about its Firefly AI Assistant , Canva's now launched Canva AI 2.0, which it thinks will change the way we think about design work. Canva AI 2.0 is a new conversational orchestration layer that serves as a hub for the browser-based platform's tools. Instead of starting a project with a blank page or canvas and using specific tools to create a design in linear fashion, users dive straight into conversation with the AI assistant, telling it what they want to create. This is intended to save time compared to using individual tools manually, while making it easier to populate and modify a collection of design assets at once. From the initial text prompt, Canva AI 2.0 will generate layered, editable output, which can be modified with manual tools or by continuing to interact with the chatbot. It's like vibe coding for graphic design.…