AI is cheap… the same way your Uber was.
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AI is cheap… the same way your Uber was.

The true cost of cheap AI.
What subsidised AI really means, and why good creative thinking will matter more when the bill arrives.

Uber has already blown through their usage tokens for the year 3-4 months in, what do you think the trade off will be?

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We are all Ltd. Edition
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We are all Ltd. Edition

Ltd. Edition is an interview series spotlighting women entrepreneurs, the unsung heroes, the ones doing quietly brilliant work that deserves to be seen.

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Webster’s Word of the Year - “Slop“
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Webster’s Word of the Year - “Slop“

Webster’s Word of the Year is “slop”. No notes, five gold stars - go to the top of the class. It’s the perfect observation for 2025.

As much as I love AI, for what it can do, there’s no denying that what’s flooding the internet right now is… slop. Endless, glossy, hyper-sanitised content churned out at scale.

Technically impressive. Creatively empty.

*Header image generated by AI. Purchased from RawPixel

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Pantone's Colour of the Year 2026: If a yawn was a colour…
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Pantone's Colour of the Year 2026: If a yawn was a colour…

Pantone reveals the Colour of the Year for 2026 - Cloud Dancer.

A colour so subtle, so pure, so visionary… that your printer will definitely interpret it as “my toner is running out.”

Here is this designers hot take on what this colour means - for the world, and her picks for what it should be!

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Designers & AI. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay.
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Designers & AI. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay.

The AI em-dash problem isn't really about punctuation. It's about something bigger, AI defaults to a polished, slightly formal version of communication that doesn't sound like you anymore. It sounds optimised. Perfect, even. But that perfection is exactly what makes it feel hollow and inauthentic. Will there one day be a premium on hand-made (or human-made) work over computer generated work? Not to mention we still haven't solved the problem of copyright. Where are all the images coming from that an AI model referencing?

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