Personalised AI and Its Impact on Design Good morning, fellow design enthusiasts – have you noticed how AI is now getting more personal? Google’s new Gemini Personal Intelligence upgrade is a real game-changer. It’s not just about crunching data but using information from Gmail, Photos, and YouTube to give more context-aware responses. Imagine leveraging this…

Meta & Microsoft’s AI Infrastructure Push This morning I was reading up on some really impressive AI news, and I couldn’t help but think about what these massive shifts mean for our design world. Meta is making serious waves with its new Meta Compute initiative – a plan to add tens of gigawatts of capacity…

Revamping Siri with AI Good morning, fellow designers! One of the most exciting developments in AI today comes from the tech giants themselves. Apple and Google have officially joined forces, with Apple confirming that Gemini will power the long-awaited revamp for Siri. This multi-year partnership (read more on Google’s blog) means that Siri’s AI will…

Rethinking Humanising AI I’ve been mulling over the latest insights from NN/g’s newsletter, and one article really got my attention: “Humanizing AI Is a Trap” by Caleb Sponheim. It sparked some thoughts on how we design AI tools to seem more “human” than they really are. In the article (read more here), Caleb draws a…

The Shifting Technical Landscape Over the past 24 hours, I’ve been mulling over some exciting insights on AI tools and their impact on our design work. Nick Potkalitsky’s recent deep dive reminds us that while large language models (LLMs) are undeniably brilliant, they’re still in an “intermediate stage.” It’s an interesting moment—one where AI is…

Gmail’s Gemini-Powered AI Features Good morning, folks! I’ve been catching up on the latest from Google, and it seems Gmail just got a major brain boost. The new Gemini-powered features let you ask natural language questions to search through your inbox, automatically summarise threads, and even generate to-do lists. I must say, it’s a refreshing…

ChatGPT Goes Health – A New Frontier for Personalised Experiences I’ve been reading some exciting industry news over the last day, and OpenAI’s push into healthcare really caught my eye. ChatGPT Health is all about pulling in your medical records and fitness data (think Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, and Peloton integrations) to offer tailored advice. As…

AI Funding & Shifting Industry Dynamics Good morning, everyone – as a UX designer, I’m always intrigued by the broader tech trends that impact our work. Recently, I came across an update on xAI’s new $20B funding round, which now values Elon Musk’s AI startup at a whopping $230B. It’s fascinating to see such massive…

Alexa+ Enters the Web Arena This morning, I was reading about Amazon’s bold new move with Alexa+ – now making its debut via the browser at Alexa.com. As a UX designer, it’s fascinating to see how Amazon is reimagining the user experience by shifting conversational AI from a device-bound interface to a full-blown web application.…

Agent-First Design: The New Frontier in UX Good morning, folks – if you’re a designer wondering what’s next in our AI-driven world, you’re in for a treat. Recent conversations in the venture space point to a major shift in how we approach digital product design. One hot topic is the move from people-first to agent-first…

Instagram’s AI-Driven Aesthetic Shake-Up Good morning, folks. I’ve been reading up on the latest from Instagram and it seems that our beloved platform is having an identity crisis—courtesy of AI. Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently argued that the once-loved, perfectly curated feed is now passé. He’s noted that users, especially those under 25, prefer raw,…

AI & Digital Product Design Transformations I’ve been mulling over the whirlwind advances we’ve seen in AI this past year – and as someone who’s always looking out for how these changes can inspire our digital product designs, it’s been quite a ride! Several industry newsletters (like The Rundown’s review) highlighted that 2025 wasn’t just…