1. Major AI & Tech Developments (November 2–3, 2025)
A concise yet sweeping roundup of this week’s most consequential AI moves: Meta’s surprise open-sourcing of its Llama 4 multimodal models, the EU’s antitrust probe into Amazon’s AI-powered hiring tools, and Grok AI’s $3.2 billion raise to scale neuromorphic “Synapse” chips—together sketching the frontiers of agentic systems, open-model ethics, and brain-inspired hardware. (ninjaai.com)
“Meta Releases Llama 4 Model Amid Internal Debates…Grok AI Startup Secures $3.2 Billion Funding for Brain-Like Chips.”
2. UX’s biggest threat isn’t AI – It’s us
A trenchant essay arguing that the gravest peril facing UX isn’t machine intelligence but designers’ own self-sabotage—eschewing code literacy in favor of abstraction, then expecting AI to bridge the divide. It’s a call to arms for cultivating technical fluency alongside creative vision, lest the profession cede its relevance to automated workflows. (medium.com)
“Relying solely on AI to translate designs into code is not growth; it’s dependency. And dependency doesn’t elevate a profession: it weakens it.”
3. Essay 2 | Intuition in the Age of AI
In this thoughtful Harvard Chan School essay, Ellison Carter traces the rapid migration of AI from novelty to ubiquitous cognitive partner. She examines how these systems redraw the boundary between human intuition and algorithmic reasoning, probing what it means to carry a “reasoning engine” in one’s pocket and how that reshapes our very notion of insight. (hsph.harvard.edu)
“The shock isn’t just how powerful these systems have become; it’s how quickly they’ve redrawn the boundary between human and machine thought.”
4. Jony Ive reveals Steve Jobs’ one-word advice on design
In a rare Macworld interview, Apple’s former design chief recounts Steve Jobs’s guiding maxim—“care”—and its profound impact on Apple’s ethos. Ive reflects on how meticulous attention to hidden details, from cable tabs to material finishes, communicates respect for the user and ennobles mass-produced objects with a human touch. (macworld.com)
“If it’s designed and made with care, a mass-produced object can have the resonances of a batch production.”
5. What makes a memorable image? Q&A with Stuart Franklin of Magnum
Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin and philosopher Nigel Warburton dissect the alchemy of iconic photographs, from “Tank Man” to Vermeer’s masterpieces. They explore why certain images endure—how composition, context and a spark of human vulnerability coalesce to etch pictures into collective memory. (aeon.co)
“Why, of the millions of portraits that have been made, is that one memorable? Why is the Mona Lisa…memorable?”