Figma Introduces Make Connectors for External Integrations (1 minute read)
Figma's Make Connectors enables direct integration of external tools like Notion, Asana, Linear, GitHub, and Jira into Figma Make via the Model Context Protocol. The feature allows teams to import documents and tasks, refresh data in real time, and create or modify records in connected apps without leaving Figma, with granular access controls and user approval required for write operations. Make Connectors are available on paid plans.
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Luma AI Raises $900 Million from Saudi-Backed HUMAIN (3 minute read)
Luma AI has secured $900 million in funding, led by Saudi-backed HUMAIN, bringing total funding to over $1 billion at a reported $4 billion valuation. The startup, known for Dream Machine and the Ray model, will use the capital to advance large-scale World Models and become one of the first customers of HUMAIN's two-gigawatt Project Halo supercluster in Saudi Arabia. Additional investors include AMD, Amazon, Andreessen Horowitz, Amplify Partners, and Matrix Partners. The funding was announced during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's US state visit.
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ChatGPT launches group chats globally (2 minute read)
ChatGPT has rolled out group chats worldwide, letting up to 20 people collaborate with each other and the assistant in a shared conversation. The feature is designed to help users plan, create, research, and make decisions together while keeping individual settings private. OpenAI sees this as a step toward making ChatGPT a more social and collaborative platform rather than a purely one-on-one tool.
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To Grow, We Must Forget… But Now AI Remembers Everything (13 minute read)
AI systems with infinite memory risk trapping users in outdated versions of themselves by constantly reinforcing past preferences and behaviors. Human forgetting evolved as a survival advantage that enables adaptation, creativity, and growth, but memory-enabled AI creates echo chambers that stagnate cognitive development by optimizing for comfort over challenge. The solution requires action at three levels: users must actively manage their stored data, UX designers should build flexible "sketchpad" memory interfaces with expiration dates and revision tools, and developers should engineer adaptive forgetting systems that mimic the brain's natural memory processes.
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An Alternative Chat UI Layout (4 minute read)
This post proposes a dual-scroll pane layout for AI chat interfaces to address usability issues posed by agentic features such as thinking traces and tool calls. The design separates user instructions and AI process in one column from results in another, keeping both in context without excessive scrolling. This approach aims to solve the problem of long AI monologues pushing initial messages off-screen, particularly in narrow side panels.
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OpenAI's Indgila Samad Ali on what remains human in design (9 minute read)
Indgila Sadykova describes a whirlwind first year at OpenAI, where the pace is intense and design decisions instantly reach millions, but where close collaboration with research makes the work emotionally rich and constantly evolving. Shaped by Russian and Persian influences, she sees design as creating human connection at scale, approaches AI as a creative collaborator rather than a threat, and believes that intuition, emotion, and sensitivity will always remain the fundamentally human core of the craft.
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Data-backed Branding, Instantly (Website)
Get a professional, startup-grade brand kit in minutes. Anymark combines research from 2,000+ tech brands, handcrafted logo design, and AI matching to give you logos and branding that work.
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Mushroom Color Atlas (Website)
The Mushroom Color Atlas is a resource and reference for everyone curious about mushrooms and the beautiful, subtle colors they produce when dyed.
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How Design Systems Teams are Using AI Tools (8 minute read)
Design systems teams are achieving dramatic efficiency gains by integrating AI tools with appropriate context—using local code environments, maintaining Markdown documentation that AI can automatically reference, and building internal tools like token validators and usage analyzers. Key enablers include MCP servers that give AI direct access to Figma files, GitHub repos, and design tokens, as well as automated workflows that reduce component development time. Teams seeing the best results start with their biggest bottleneck, build incrementally over several weeks, and focus on providing AI with comprehensive context.
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When the dark pattern is a glaring green checkmark (6 minute read)
After missing the online check-in window, the author couldn't find their boarding pass because the airline app misleadingly showed a green checkmark next to “check-in,” suggesting success even though the action had actually failed. Low-contrast text hid the real status, resulting in a €48 fee, and highlighting how poor visual hierarchy, misleading symbols, and lack of proactive communication turned a preventable system limitation into a user-blamed error.
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Everything that's going wrong with design (10 minute read)
The design industry is trapped in a cycle of overproduction, weak circular practices, and risk-averse corporate decision-making, all while lacking diversity and pricing most people out of high-quality goods. Despite rising awareness of environmental and social issues, excessive consumption, market turbulence, and a flood of shallow brand-driven experiences keep meaningful progress limited.
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