It's issue #289 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
Gemini 3 is here—and Google says it will make search smarter. Read all about it here.
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Find out how design can reshape whole organisations
Much of the discussion around AI has been around redefining what design is – a strategic tool to solve problems rather than the creation of visual assets.
Estimating AI’s rate of progress with UX design and research methods
When can AI replace UX designers? We need longitudinal research to compare AI with human experts across multiple UX methods and track the improvement rates. Results could define an AI scaling law for UX skills, helping companies decide when to delegate what UX work to AI versus humans.
How to win stakeholders: Translate UX into business value
A good design solves a user problem. A great design solves a business one, too. But many UXers stop short of that second leap.
How to set UX metrics that survive roadmap changes
The best UX metrics don’t tie themselves to fragile features. They anchor to something deeper - user behavior, product outcomes, and patterns that still matter even when the sprint board changes. This is a short guide to setting UX metrics that don’t break when the roadmap does.
How the Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion - and what it reveals about AI
The thieves understood the social categories that we perceive as “normal” and exploited them to avoid suspicion. Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems work in the same way and are vulnerable to the same kinds of mistakes as a result.
The curious case of slowing smartphone and pharma exports to the US
The tariff war has yet again shown why India needs to diversify to other countries and up its manufacturing game to compete with China.
✨ Product find of the week
Color Palette Pro - Synthesizer for colors
Color Palette Pro is a tool that takes a base color and generates six types of harmonious palettes with perceptual variations. It lets you tweak colors in OKLCH, RGB, hex, or by eye-dropper, and even stores your palette history.
📰 In other news
Almost everything about NASA’s latest mission to Mars is unusual
Designers most wary of “soulless” AI creativity
How Disney Hotstar (now JioHotstar) scaled to 60 million concurrent users
Special mentions this week
TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling
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