This year's Milan design week was a watershed moment for the use of AI and it is time for the industry to take action, writes Rima Sabina Aouf. More about "Design fairs need to adopt an AI policy, and need to do it now"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Utah, designed by Gensler. More about "Welcome to our brave new world, I suppose" says commenter
Google and Samsung have entered the smart glasses market with Intelligent Eyewear – AI-powered wearables made in collaboration with South Korean and American eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. More about Google and Samsung launch AI-powered Intelligent Eyewear
Among a slew of announcements during Google's annual IO developer conference, the American technology company announced a new visual identity for its Gemini AI model, with new typography and "vibrant colours". More about Google rolls out Neural Expressive redesign of Gemini AI tool
Infrastructure firm O'Leary Digital has exclusively revealed the first images of the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Box Elder County, Utah, which is being designed by architecture studio Gensler as one of the largest data centres in the world. More about First images of Gensler-designed 60-building data centre development in Utah revealed
Designers shouldn't worry about their ideas being stolen by AI since they have already lost control of their intellectual property to social media platforms, Tom Dixon has said at the Global Design Forum in Istanbul. More about Designers have "signed away all of our ideas" to Instagram says Tom Dixon
Promotion: visualisation and design software company Chaos has released data on AI use in architecture, reporting that it is increasingly being used to support decision-making as well as image generation. More about Chaos survey finds "AI is becoming an active collaborator" in architecture workplaces
Samsung chief design officer Mauro Porcini has called for a shift away from technology-led innovation towards "love" and human values in this talk hosted by Dezeen during Milan design week. More about Technology should "free you from technology" says Samsung design chief
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter features a look at America's first mail-order servant robot and an interview with OMA partner Reinier de Graaf. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth today! More about Dezeen In Depth features America's first mail-order servant robot
Italian furniture brand Kartell has presented its new products at Salone del Mobile against a backdrop of colourful expressionistic paintings – all generated by artificial intelligence. More about Kartell juxtaposes latest collection with AI-generated artworks at Salone del Mobile
Silicon Valley startup 1X Technologies will start shipping its Neo humanoid robots into people's homes this year. Dezeen's Ellen Eberhardt was given an exclusive look behind the scenes where designers are turning the stuff of science fiction into reality. More about Inside the company building America's first mail-order servant robot
Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis has announced a partnership with tech company Nvidia that will deliver nuclear-powered data centre designs. More about AtkinsRéalis to partner with Nvidia on nuclear-powered data centre design
A group of scientists has claimed a pronounced heat island phenomenon correlated with the development of data centres in an early study, speculating on the heat's "remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare". More about Study links data centres to heat island effects worldwide
Forty years ago, Marc Newson designed what would become the most expensive work ever sold at auction by a living designer. In this interview, he reflects on affordability, collectible design and current projects, including Ferrari's first electric car. More about "Anything good is kind of costly" says Marc Newson
Designers need to work closely with child development experts when creating AI toys to ensure they help rather than hinder kids' psychological growth, the co-author of a pioneering study has told Dezeen. More about AI toys could stunt emotional development of young children, study warns
In the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly, we discuss a study indicating that architecture is highly exposed to automation and talk about the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Is AI really coming for architects' jobs?
As an antidote to deepfake scams, design studios Modem and Retinaa have devised a concept for a ring that people can use to prove they are human and not an AI-generated clone. More about Quartz ring proves its wearer is human in the age of AI
A study by AI company Anthropic has found that much work done by architects and engineers could be done twice as quickly with large language models, but claims there has been little impact on jobs so far. More about Architects and engineers among professions most automatable by AI according to Anthropic
Technology company Google is set to develop an AI tool to speed up planning decisions for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. More about UK government hires Google to develop AI planning tool to make "near-instant decisions"
Designers should use AI's foibles as a chance to move away from the ruthlessly rational approach that has come to dominate software, writes Nick Foster. More about "Software designers must abandon their roles as the custodians of libraries, logic and grids"