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This week:

😱 Bad AI: Music Death Knell

🔥 AI Offer: Get Free Brand Content

✨ AI Tools: Cursor 2.0

💭 Creative Tools: Canva Updates

💡 News, Trends & Insights

BAD AI: Music Dies

Think I might give up listening to music.

Why's that then? An AI artist has broken into the Billboard Top 100 for the first time.

Ooh, exciting? Exciting? Well, if you like your ears bled dry, while the cold, icy corpse of aural culture looks on unimpressed, you're all set.

Touchy. Touchy my ar*e, I'm just not looking forward to the cacophony of AI noise sludge that's about to envelop us.

How's the industry reacting? Like addicts who've just discovered meth costs less than cocaine.

So they like it? What's not to like? No annoying artists asking for orange-only M&Ms, no social media meltdowns, beefs or future-sales-inconvenient OD'ing in a nearby hotel bathroom.

What should we expect next? If you're me, skin-grafted, permanent music cancelling headphones.

Any lessons? Don't join a band.

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AI DEVELOPMENT: Cursor 2.0

Development tool Cursor has released its first in-house model, Composer, designed to code, test, and debug entire projects.

Key details:

• Composer LLM: Built for end-to-end coding tasks, optimised for reasoning across large codebases and multi-file edits.
• Agentic workflows: Supports up to 8 AI agents working in parallel on testing, refactoring, and planning.
• Speed: Runs most dev interactions in under 30 seconds, reportedly 4× faster than other systems (they say).
• Cursor 2.0: Adds browser-based testing, sandboxed terminals, and voice-driven commands inside the IDE.

What it means for businesses:
Cursor is betting on autonomous development agents - models that can plan, write, test, and refactor without constant human prompting. This could cut review cycles, reduce manual debugging, and speed up delivery.

Wider context:
Developer tools are evolving from AI assistants to full collaborators. GitHub, Replit, Claude Code and others are all chasing the same goal: a seamless, AI-driven coding environment that keeps context.

AI CREATIVE: Canva Updates

Design tool Canva is upgrading - launching its own AI model, a new Creative OS, and deeper integrations with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Key details:

• Canva Design Model: A proprietary AI model trained on design structure, layout, and hierarchy.
• Creative OS: Centralises design, video, docs, forms, and data connectors into one workspace - (think Google Workspace meets Adobe).
• Video 2.0 & 3D tools: New text-to-video features (via Google Veo 3), motion graphics, and 3D asset generation.
• Global rollout: Available now, with the more pro-level Affinity suite now embedded as well.

What it means for businesses:
Canva is attempting to move from nice-to-have for social teams into more pro territory. They've previously had patchy AI integration, so this is potentially a useful update for teams using or considering it.

Wider context:
Everyone and their aunty wants to own their part of the design journey and is integrating AI at pace - Adobe MAX announced a slew of updates, while Notion, Figma, and standalone AI tools like Midjourney aren't slowing either. Expect more consolidation, more partnerships - and more choice for us.

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What's New - News, Insights & Trends

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>> Adobe announcements at Max

FAQ: What is Cursor 2.0 and the Composer model?

Cursor 2.0 is the latest version of the AI-powered development tool featuring Composer, their first in-house AI model. Composer is designed for end-to-end coding tasks, optimised for reasoning across large codebases and multi-file edits, with support for up to 8 AI agents working in parallel on testing, refactoring, and planning.

FAQ: How fast is Cursor 2.0 compared to other AI coding tools?

Cursor 2.0 claims to run most development interactions in under 30 seconds, reportedly 4x faster than other systems. The new version adds browser-based testing, sandboxed terminals, and voice-driven commands inside the IDE.

FAQ: What is Canva Creative OS and the new Design Model?

Canva Creative OS is a new unified workspace that centralises design, video, docs, forms, and data connectors into one platform. The Canva Design Model is their proprietary AI model trained on design structure, layout, and hierarchy, designed to improve AI-assisted design capabilities.

FAQ: What new AI video features has Canva added?

Canva has launched Video 2.0 with new text-to-video features powered by Google Veo 3, motion graphics capabilities, and 3D asset generation. The updates also include the embedded Affinity pro-level design suite for more advanced creative work.

FAQ: Who is the first AI artist to chart on the Billboard Top 100?

Xania Monet became the first AI artist to break into the US Billboard Top 100 rankings, marking a significant milestone for AI-generated music in mainstream commercial charts.

FAQ: What does the AI music chart breakthrough mean for the industry?

The AI music breakthrough signals a shift where record labels can potentially reduce costs associated with human artists while maintaining commercial viability. This raises questions about the future of human musicians and the authenticity of chart music as AI-generated content becomes indistinguishable from human-created music.

FAQ: How are AI development tools evolving in 2025?

AI development tools are evolving from simple assistants to full collaborators with autonomous capabilities. Tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Replit, and Claude Code are all pursuing AI-driven coding environments that can plan, write, test, and refactor code without constant human prompting, potentially cutting review cycles and speeding up delivery.

FAQ: How is AI changing the design tools landscape?

AI is rapidly transforming design tools with companies like Canva, Adobe, Figma, Notion, and Midjourney all integrating AI capabilities. The trend is towards consolidation and partnerships, with platforms competing to own different parts of the design journey through proprietary AI models and integrated workflows.

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