Episode

Summer 2026 Hot Takes

Podcast
AI and Design
Published
Aug 11, 2026
Duration seconds
2350
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Summary

This week, Dan and Nik make some hot takes on news that has come out this summer. Everyone's work is starting to look the same: https://marieclairedean.substack.com/p/everyones-work-is-starting-to-look LLMs reward expertise: https://www.seangoedecke.com/llms-reward-expertise/ A Properties Panel and Annotations, Now in Figma Make: https://www.figma.com/blog/properties-panel-and-annotations-now-in-figma-make/ Unpacking ChatGPT Work: the Agent for a Billion Users: https://www.latent.space/p/unpacking-chatgpt-work Agent Behavior ( agentbehavior.dev ) Measuring the UX of AI: https://measuringu.com/measuring-the-ux-of-ai/ Type designers have created a free font that "poisons" AI: https://www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts-typography/type-designers-have-created-a-free-font-that-poisons-ai LinkedIn's new anti-slop button is coming to every platform: https://www.fastcompany.com/91584892/linkedins-new-anti-slop-button-is-coming-to-every-platform How writers are reacting to Substack’s AI transparency tools: https://on.substack.com/p/how-writers-are-reacting-to-substacks