1. Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores
A landmark release sees Google’s Gemini 3 not only top independent reasoning benchmarks but also debut an “agent-first” IDE—Google Antigravity—where autonomous coding assistants collaborate across editor, terminal, and browser in parallel workspaces, heralding a new paradigm for developer tools.
“With Gemini 3, we’re seeing this massive jump in reasoning,” said Tulsee Doshi, Google’s product lead for the Gemini model (techcrunch.com)
2. True AI is both logically possible and utterly implausible
Luciano Floridi navigates the chasm between theoretical feasibility and practical improbability of an artificial mind, arguing that while nothing in principle bars machines from achieving general intelligence, cultural, economic, and epistemic forces render true AGI a mirage on the horizon.
“Many people believe that, as we step into the room [of AI], we might run into some evil, ultra-intelligent machines. This is an old fear” (aeon.co)
3. Can we make consciousness into an engineering problem?
Michael Graziano reframes the “hard problem” of consciousness as an actionable design brief: by modeling subjective awareness as an information‐regulation tool—the Attention Schema—he outlines a step-by-step blueprint for instilling self-modeling “belief” into artificial architectures.
“We could build an artificial brain that believes itself to be conscious. Does that mean we have solved the hard problem?” (aeon.co)
4. An environment designed to suit every body is better for all
Exploring the origins and triumphs of universal design, this essay shows how empathetic problem-solving—exemplified by OXO Good Grips’ arthritis-friendly peeler—yields products of deceptively simple elegance, reminding us that inclusive thinking need not sacrifice aesthetics or commercial success.
“Addressing the mismatch his wife had with her kitchen revealed a mismatch that the rest of us didn’t even realise we had” (aeon.co)
5. The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces
Arun Venkatesan traces the dialogue between horological tradition and digital interface in Apple’s Watch faces, revealing how each design is a studied homage to mechanical archetypes—its typography, dial layout, and complications reimagined through the lens of pixels and touch.
“When designing each face, they took into account that history and the constraints and opportunities afforded by modern technology” (arun.is)