With artificial intelligence encroaching on more and more aspects of daily life, there is a rising trend of fatigue and cynicism around the technology. Here, we round up five designs that push back on the AI boom.
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Luffu Link is a sleek, wireless wristband designed to track multiple users at once, conceived by wearable technology company Fitbit to "bring your family's health and safety together". More about Fitbit founders launch AI-powered wristband to monitor health of whole family
Promotion: global commercial design studios, including JLL Design, are using AI floor plan generator laiout to "evaluate more layout options earlier". More about Studios turning to AI floor plan generator laiout to speed up design process
This week on Dezeen, designer Simon Weckert unveiled a colourful camouflage shirt that stops users being detected by AI video systems. More about This week we reported on a colourful shirt that stops AI video surveillance
US studio IA has combined Craftsman-style detailing and a minimalist technical look with the details of a historic building for AI company Notion in San Francisco, California. More about IA creates Craftsman-style office for AI company Notion in San Francisco
Promotion: US technology company Dell has incorporated Nvidia GPUs and AI-assisted visualisation technologies into its workstation portfolio to support its latest real-time design studio. More about Latest Dell workstations close gap between "design concept and client-ready presentation"
Designer Simon Weckert has created a colourful camouflage shirt that cannot be detected using AI video systems. More about Simon Weckert creates Digital Camouflage shirt to avoid AI video surveillance
The world's most prominent architecture studios are embracing AI for everything from coming up with designs to project analyses and reports, Dezeen research has found. More about Big-name studios encouraging architects to use AI
Artists and companies publishing realistic AI-generated architectural renderings in the European Union without labelling risk being fined under provisions in the EU AI Act that came into force last week. More about Realistic AI architectural renderings must be labelled under EU AI Act
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an optical illusion font designed to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into misreading messages. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Decoy Font designed to trick AI
One message for humans and another for artificial intelligence are contained in the letters of Decoy Font, made by the company Mixfont for those who want to avoid having their data scraped. More about Decoy Font protects messages from being read by AI
Promotion: San Francisco and London-based start-up Avoice has created an AI agent designed to run the entire operational side of an architecture studio. More about Avoice launches "world's first AI agents" to run architecture studios
This week on Dezeen, we revealed tech company HMD's retro Nokia brick phones that have an AI assistant button in the centre of the keypad. More about This week Nokia unveiled four dumbphones with AI-powered buttons
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Nokia's nostalgic dumbphone that features a dedicated AI assistant button. More about "Dumb-idea phones…" says commenter
Tech company HMD has launched a range of retro Nokia brick phones with limited internet capabilities and an AI assistant button integrated into the centre of the keypad. More about Nokia unveils nostalgic dumbphones with dedicated AI button
California-based company 1X Technologies has updated the hands of its humanoid robot Neo to "perform virtually any task a human can do with their hands". More about 1X Technologies designs humanoid hand to "match or surpass human capability"
Central Saint Martins graduates Domenico di Paolo and Kieran Feechan have created a novel listening device in the form of Imago, which turns a critical eye on the use of AI in music. More about Imago audio player lights a path for ethical AI use in music
Human judgement and storytelling should remain central to architecture as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in the design process, according to a panel hosted by Trimble SketchUp and Dezeen in San Diego during AIA. More about Architecture fundamentally a human endeavour says panel at Trimble SketchUp talk in San Diego
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing AI artist Thierry Lechanteur's digital recreation of Antoni Gaudí's speculative designs for a supertall hotel. More about "This looks like art to me" says commenter
Technology company Meta has released its first in-house-designed AI smart glasses, which the company has touted as more affordable and ergonomic than its previous versions. More about Meta's first in-house AI glasses designs include a Kylie Jenner collaboration