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ChatGPT Is Constantly Tricked by People, but Who’s Fooling Who?

Why does ChatGPT seem so smart, but is so easy to trick? A psychologist’s experiment and take on ChatGPT’s and their own limitations.

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I connected Stable Diffusion with my smartphone camera. Here’s what I learned

Learnings and realizations on designing for Stable Diffusion, through a practical example where I built my own app called ‘Viewmaker’.

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Microsoft Designer: AI Prompt Design Principles

Observations on Microsoft Designer and OpenAI’s DALLE-2, forming approaches and possible principles for designing for AI image prompts.

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Open Design Ownership: Why You Need a License – and What Kind to Use

What are you allowed to do with other designers’ work?

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What Is the Open Web?

A working definition of an Open Web and what we can strive for to building an open and sustainable internet.

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Adobe MAX Sneaks 2022: Every AI Experiment, and its Developer

Visual examples of every AI experiment from Adobe MAX Sneaks 2022. See it all in action: from 'Project Vector Edge' to 'Project Made in the Shade'.

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Behavioural Design 101: Psychology mechanisms in persuasive design

Learn the basics of behavioural design and the mechanisms that companies use to influence people’s decision-making process.

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AI Stock Images: The Uncanny Valley from ShutterStock to StockAI

How could AI disrupt the stock image industry? A look at ownership issues, AI art generators, and the eerie, 'uncanny valley' feel of generated art.

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The Future Of Design Is Open Source, Thanks To Figma

How Figma made Open Design a thing, and a look to the future of open source design tools, like Penpot!

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Adobe acquires Figma, cue the memes

Adobe set to acquire Figma for $20 billion… but let's face it, we're just here for the memes!

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Touch-first Cursor: Round Pointers vs. Mouse Arrows

Apple reinvented the cursor to be ‘touch-first’ on iPadOS, building on the original mouse arrow by adding ‘Pointer Magnetism’ and more.

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Neurodiversity and Inclusion: Choosing Kinder Design

From night mode to alt tags, Medium’s text-to-speech and Twitter’s font slider, visual impairments are often catered to, but what about the others?

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From Design System to 'NFT Design System': Creating TinyFaces

Max spent lockdown learning 3D design, leading to a venture into NFTs. He shares the stigmas and challenges of entering the NFT space as a designer.

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A Primer for Internationalisation & Localisation

The web should be an inclusive place for anyone. Let’s look at how Internationalisation and Localisation can help you server a wider audience.

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When Bots and Oligarchs Manipulate Platforms: Stand With Ukraine

YouTube, you’re being attacked, and your human account holders are being kicked off your platform by a flood of Russian bots.

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Are UI/UX Tips the New Clickbait for Designers?✨

UI Tips are everywhere - Do’s and Don’ts of UI Design. Are they misleading beginners?

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We Value Your Privacy (At About $0.50): Dark Patterns in UI Copy

Dark patterns were made illegal in 2019, but throughout 2020 and 2021, the relationship between language and design is even sneakier.

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Touch, Point, Click: Mouse vs Touch Screen Input

Web developers and designers have smartly decided to simply embrace all forms of input: touch, mouse, and keyboard for starters.

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GPT-3 Design Hype

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen the odd design tool pop up that brings a touch of AI to design. Now make way for ‘GPT-3’!

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Prototyping Time Machine: Updates from 12 months of design tools

A look back at popular prototyping design tool updates - see how far we have come in the last year.