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Insights in AI & Digital Product Design: From Mind-Controlled Robots to Figma AI Mind-Controlled Robotics and Assistive Design This morning, I was fascinated reading about UCLA engineers who have coupled a standard EEG cap with AI to create a non-invasive brain-computer interface. The breakthrough means paralyzed users can now control robotic limbs with just their…

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Fresh Insights on UX Maturity, Anthropologic Design, and Accessible Interfaces Rethinking UX Maturity I’ve been mulling over a recent article from NNGroup on how UX maturity isn’t a one-off assessment but rather an ongoing journey. Kate Kaplan’s piece, How to Use NNGroup’s UX-Maturity Model Without a Formal Assessment, really got me thinking about how we,…

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Latest AI & Digital Product Design Insights Microsoft’s New In-House AI Models This morning, I was excited to see Microsoft break new ground with its fully in-house AI models – MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. For years, Microsoft has leaned on OpenAI’s tech, so it was pretty intriguing to watch them pivot and build something on their…

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Exploring the Latest AI and Digital Product Design Trends Shifting AI Consumer Landscapes This morning, I was excited to dive into the updated AI app rankings from Andreessen Horowitz. Their latest Top 100 GenAI Consumer Apps list shows a vibrant, fast-changing scene where ChatGPT still leads the pack, but unexpected players are rising fast. From…

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Fresh AI & Digital Design Insights: Tools, Trends and Tips Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: Redefining Creative Workflows This morning, I couldn’t help but be excited by Google’s latest gem – the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model (also cheekily known as nano-banana during testing). It’s been turning heads on the LM Arena’s Image Edit leaderboard,…

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Latest AI & Digital Product Design Insights – A Quick Rundown Rethinking Content Monetisation This morning, I was intrigued to read about Perplexity’s new revenue-sharing initiative, where they’ve set aside $42.5M for publishers. Essentially, the AI search engine is treating content clicks from AI agents as seriously as those from humans. The Comet Plus subscription…

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Latest UX and AI Insights: From User Research to Icon Recognisability Understanding the User Research Gap I recently dove into an eye-opening article by Laura Klein about why organisations often skip user research—and boy, did it hit home! The piece, Why Organisations Don’t Do User Research and How to Change That, lays out all the…

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AI, Digital Product Design, and the Future: Insights from the Latest Industry Updates Meta’s Bold AI Restructure This morning, I was intrigued by Meta’s new approach to AI after reading several updates. Meta is undergoing a major internal overhaul, dissolving entire teams and creating fresh units—one intriguingly named “TBD Labs”. According to a Business Insider…

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Today’s AI & Digital Design Insights: From Code to CRM New AI Models and Coding Innovations I’ve been keeping an eye on some exciting developments in the AI coding space lately. A stealth coding model called Sonic (which many believe to be xAI’s Grok-4 Code) is beginning to make waves, showing up in tools like…

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Exploring AI and Digital Product Design Trends from the Latest Industry Updates Revolutionising Image Editing with Alibaba’s Qwen-Image-Edit This morning I was blown away by Alibaba’s new AI model, Qwen-Image-Edit. Designed to handle precise, pixel-perfect edits without messing up the original design, this open-source tool is set to shake up digital product design. It’s constructed…

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