Hi there! It's issue #136 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
OpenAI's newly unveiled ChatGPT bot is making waves when it comes to all the amazing things it can do—from writing music to coding to generating vulnerability exploits, and what not. As the erudite machinery turns into a viral sensation, humans have started to discover some of the AI's biases, like the desire to wipe out humanity.
Note: If you are new here, we'd strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don't miss out on the future updates. You can subscribe here.
How young designers can deal with rejection
If design teams had a ceremonial initiation process, watching a stakeholder trash something that you’ve spent countless hours building would be it. But rejection is inescapable when we’re making multiple variants for every module of every single project, perpetually.
How type influences readability
When choosing a typeface for labels, titles, sentences, and paragraphs, consider asking others who are not designers to read examples and give you their feedback. Your experience will be different from theirs.
These part-shoe, part-roller skates want to be the future of moving
The Moonwalkers are a curious machine. They look like a wacky combination of Teva sandals and roller skates.
What you should know before using the lensa AI app
Are you thinking about uploading some selfies and buying a pack of ‘Magic Avatars’? Consider these expert tips first.
Sam Bankman-Fried charged with securities fraud tracing back to the ‘inception’ of FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday evening in the Bahamas and is expected to face extradition to the US to face criminal charges filed by the SEC, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
FTX Japan says it will repay all customers within weeks. Ex-employees are skeptical
Doubts swirl even as FTX Japan claims it's solvent and working hard on a plan.
Why NASA’s Artemis I mission is so rare, and so remarkable
The greatest success imaginable for Artemis would be that it has a permanence not enjoyed during the Apollo era. In light of this weekend's success, such a future is there for the taking for NASA.
MSCHF's ATM Leaderboard "an extremely literal distillation of wealth-flaunting impulses"
Art and design collective MSCHF has created an ATM that shows a leaderboard of users' current account balances, which was on display during Miami Art Week.
India assumes G-20 presidency, will be responsible for shaping global crypto policies
India will host the 18th G-20 summit in Delhi on 9-10 September 2023
TikTok Viral ‘Uberduck.AI’ Text To Celebrity Speech Bot Is Quite Quacking Good
TikTok was in some hot water last week for allegedly stealing a woman’s voice and turning it into the app’s default text to speech bot voice.
Trompe l'oeil and the images that fool the mind
From the 17th Century and Cubism to today, trompe l'oeil art endures. Are we hard-wired to love things that are not as they appear to be, asks Caryn James.
Honorary mentions
Lensa AI, the app making ‘magic avatars’ 🎭
The worst business jargon of 2022 👎
And that's the lot! Thanks for checking out what we had to share with you this week, we shall catch up with you next Wednesday. Incase you aren't subscribed to the newsletter, you could subscribe here.
Also, please do let your friends know about D&T if they'd be interested! Canvs Club
