Sunday, January 4, 2026
Vol. 1, Issue 04

AI Design Feeds

Design × Technology × Innovation

Politics

Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture

From seemingly AI-generated videos to repurposed old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela.

Wired AI 1 min read

Latest Stories

  • Business

    The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees

    Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don’t.

    Wired AI 1 min read
  • psychology

    Truth and certainty

    Kierkegaard on how fa*th becomes a bad word.Kierkegaard — Image created using AIYou can tell something isn’t true the moment its certainty becomes mandatory.I’m Nate Sowder, and this is unquoted, installment 15. Kierkegaard.Martinus Rorbye painting of the city jail next to Copenhagen town hall and…

    UX Collective 9 min read
  • ux

    Escaping AI sludge: why MVPs should be delightful

    Function is the floor, not the ceiling. It’s time to raise the bar and prove that the most viable products are the ones that feel human.Escaping the AI SludgeAI is now omnipresent in our workflows, but it's come at a cost: a sea of sameness.…

    UX Collective 13 min read
  • The rise of industrial software

    AI coding is making available paths of production which are cheaper, faster, and increasingly disconnected from the expertise of humans.

    Sidebar.io 1 min read
  • Balance of power

    We like progress—whether in technology, economy or culture—but we fear the most powerful generators of such progress.

    Sidebar.io 1 min read
  • The guide to design

    A self-guided class to help you get started in UX and answer key questions about craft, design, and career.

    Sidebar.io 1 min read
  • 10 ideas for 2026

    Thinking is the foundation of everything we do and, for most of us that foundation has many cracks.

    Sidebar.io 1 min read
  • data-visualization

    A Nano Banana with color theory

    Using Google Gemini to build an Accessible Perceptual Uniform Triad Continue reading on UX Collective »

    UX Collective 1 min read
  • ai

    10 UX design shifts you can’t ignore in 2026

    Another year, another wave of “What to expect in 2026” guides. I’m sure you’ve already scrolled through a few.In this article, the first one I’ll be publishing this year, I won’t make bold predictions. Instead, I’m sharing what I’m observing firsthand while collaborating with enterprise…

    UX Collective 7 min read
  • ux

    Well, thats a wrap…

    Why designing for ongoing reflection mattersImage of a character unpleasantly gift wrappedIt’s that time of year again where apps confidently tell us who we are. This year, Spotify informed me that I’m 78 years old in Spotify years (I’m 33 in human ones). I personally…

    UX Collective 4 min read
  • Business / Artificial Intelligence

    AI Labor Is Boring. AI Lust Is Big Business

    After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.

    Wired AI 1 min read
  • ux

    Reliability by design

    Designing trustworthy AI for healthcare products.User holding a phone using an AI healthcare assistantAI is entering one of the most human domains: healthcare. It helps people track sleep, manage chronic conditions, monitor mental health, and navigate loneliness. It listens, advises, and sometimes comforts. Yet despite…

    UX Collective 10 min read
  • editor-picks

    The algorithmic atelier

    Generative AI and the long history of artistic automationImage generated via Google Nano BananaThe discourse surrounding generative AI in the creative arts is frequently characterised by a sense of historical rupture, a seismic shift unlike any that has come before. Critics often frame the emergence…

    UX Collective 17 min read
  • Culture

    AI-Powered Dating Is All Hype. IRL Cruising Is the Future

    Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.

    Wired AI 1 min read
  • branding

    Design for the nose

    Why do people pay for smells? Why is everything nowadays vanilla? How to indefinitely earn money on the same product? Continue reading on UX Collective »

    UX Collective 1 min read