Technology brand Leafypod has unveiled an AI-powered smart planter at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). More about LeafyPod unveils AI-powered self-watering smart planter at CES
From tiny cats that cool down tea to a blinking AI companion intended to integrate with your family, here are seven cute robots that have dominated news feeds since last week's Consumer Electronics Show – and what they tell us about "cuteness" in design. More about All the cute robots that took over CES 2025
Work has begun on the GEM Factory of the Future building in Maine designed by architecture studio Grimshaw and SMRT to integrate technological and robotic advancements with fabrication. More about Grimshaw breaks ground on research building in Maine designed to "revolutionize manufacturing"
US robotics company Tombot has unveiled Jennie, a battery and AI-powered robotic pet designed to provide companionship and comfort to those struggling with cognitive health. More about Tombot and Creature Shop create "hyper-realistic" robotic puppy for dementia patients
Promotion: Hong Kong-based school My ArchiSchool has announced a competition calling for children to use artificial intelligence tools to design a school village. More about My ArchiSchool launches AI design competition for kids
Tesla's recently unveiled robotaxis are part of a wave of renewed enthusiasm for self-driving cars, but autonomous vehicles will not solve the problems faced by our transport systems, writes Paris Marx. More about "A repeat of the autonomous car hype-cycle of a decade ago is on the cards"
A lamp made of discarded mollusc shells and humming furniture featured in the Beyond Perception exhibition in New York City alongside digitized versions of the pieces for a future AI-driven video game. More about Beyond Perception exhibition pairs furniture with digital twin for video game
Promotion: an exhibition exploring "the fusion of generative AI and traditional architecture" took place during London Design Festival 2024 led by Deepsee Digital Creative's Boyoung Lee. More about Generative AI and traditional architecture meet in installation by Boyoung Lee
A screenless smartphone alternative powered by artificial intelligence, the Humane AI Pin was savaged by critics but designers should not make the mistake of dismissing it entirely, writes Abb-d Taiyo. More about "The 'worst product ever' has a lot to admire"
Artists Kite and Alisha B Wormsley have created a series of benches in Brooklyn clad in black mortar and covered in AI-generated mosaics informed by dreams collected from the public. More about Kite and Alisha B Wormsley imprint benches with AI-generated "dream" mosaics
American design studio Fuseproject has designed a body for a robotic system by tech studio Kind Humanoid intended for various domestic and commercial environments. More about Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a conceptual skyscraper engineered for planting and designed using artificial intelligence. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features conceptual AI skyscraper by Neri Oxman
French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has completed the 30-metre-high, rattan and ironwood Tri Hita Karana Tower on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani creates rattan viewing tower for AI light show in Bali
Future Facility has created a conceptual artificial intelligence device that aims to provide a "calmer" relationship with technology for ASUS Zenbook and Dezeen's Design You Can Feel exhibition, which opens tomorrow at London Design Festival. More about Future Facility uses Ceraluminum to create AI device that aims to "bring about calmness"
Designers including Fernando Laposse, Studio Furthermore and Future Facility will present work exploring materiality and artificial intelligence at a major exhibition curated by Dezeen for ASUS Zenbook during this year's London Design Festival. More about Design You Can Feel exhibition exploring materiality and AI to open next week
Following the recent launch of a necklace wearable that provides AI friendship, here are seven products that are trying to imagine the future of hardware for artificial intelligence. More about Seven portable AI devices that attempt to give shape to a new technology
A new vision for artificially intelligent devices has emerged from US start-up Friend, which is launching a necklace wearable that promises constant companionship. More about Wearable Friend device aims to fight loneliness with AI companionship
Architect Suchi Reddy has created an installation in a recently restored train station in Detroit that responds to the words spoken into microphones with colourful LED lights. More about Suchi Reddy installs voice-to-colour AI sculpture in Michigan Central
San Francisco design studio Whipsaw has created a robot with padded "hands" programmed using artificial intelligence to give massages. More about Whipsaw creates Aescape automated massage robot
Google's greenhouse gas emissions have increased by half over the last five years due to the energy demands of artificial intelligence, the company has revealed. More about Google reports 50 per cent jump in emissions due to AI energy use