D&T Issue 270

Death of Design Thinking & Measuring AI’s Impact

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It’s issue #270 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late.

Agencies are transforming client collaboration. To take creativity to new heights, agencies and freelancers are breaking down traditional boundaries and using tools like Figma to partner with their clients every step of the way. Read about it here.

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A detox guide for designers navigating today’s AI discourse.

Employers are asking for the skill less and less, our recent analysis shows.

“AI can improve Software Development productivity by 100x.” This is one of the hype-creating statements that we hear a lot in our industry. But nobody really knows what 100x really means and how to actually measure that.

Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream of controlled nuclear fusion may be within reach.

Last month, insurtech platform Turtlemint began preparing for a public listing, aiming to raise USD 250M through an IPO and support its expansion as a full-stack insurance infrastructure player.

See why a grand 40-gigawatt solar dream has stalled at barely a quarter of that mark.

✨ Product find of the week

Muse lets you compose music from feelings, memories, or moods. All you need to do is just describe it in words, and it turns that into chords, melodies, and basslines. Whether you’re generating audio from scratch or transforming your own samples, Muse helps create expressive, high-quality sounds using text and AI.

📰 In other news

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