India, Nov. 5 -- This week, when Apple updated Pixelmator Pro and Photomator apps headlines with new icons, it seemed to miss a tune. It's been a year since Apple acquired the designing and photo editing apps respectively, but the continuity gives a sense of dullness as in parallel, tech companies including Adobe, Canva and Figma have made substantive moves to find harmony between humans that use creative apps, and the artificial intelligence (AI) layer that is supposed to be a reinforcement. Traditional subscription models too, may be under threat.

There seems to be an insistence, or at least a growing sense of realism, that AI cannot really replace humans in certain workflows. "While technology will amplify human ingenuity and unlock n...