The Design edition

With Craft, you choose from 30 aspect ratios for all kinds of platforms. If you then turn the result into layers with Canva Magic, you can edit text and other parts separately.

Figma agent: how to make it use your design system

Figma explains in four steps how to get the Figma agent to work with your design system. First, you connect your published library to the agent. It then uses approved components and variables instead of making new ones itself. Next, you add guidelines. These are written instruction files attached to your library. For example: on the checkout screen, always use a primary button for 'Place order'. Guidelines work best when the agent makes a design completely from scratch. When editing existing designs, it does not always apply them consistently yet. Examples help too. You add a design to a prompt, or put complete designs on an Examples page. Finally, you create your own skills. These are fixed ways of working that you call up with a slash command, such as a check of your design system. If the agent keeps making the same mistake, change your guidelines, library or examples. The agent is available to Full seats on paid plans and in limited form on Starter. Read more →

Pennsylvania requires labels on advertising made with AI

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, a US state, signed a new law on Thursday. The law is called the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act. Advertising that is heavily edited or made with AI must get a label. This applies to images, video, audio and text. The label must be in the same format as the ad itself. The rule applies to TV ads from big companies and also to a restaurant's flyers. Parody, satire, commentary and criticism are exempt, as is anything 'clearly made up'. The law leaves a lot of room. What exactly counts as 'heavily edited' is not fixed. The label is probably only needed if AI gives the consumer a 'false impression'. Who decides what is 'false' is unclear. Read more →

Etsy bans AI-made recipes and patterns

Etsy no longer allows sellers to sell AI-made recipes and patterns. This covers 'functional guides': patterns, cooking recipes and instructions. They are usually sold as downloads, such as crochet or sewing patterns. Sellers must also show a real product made with the instructions. An AI image or a faked result is not allowed. Every listing must have at least one unedited photo of the real product. Listings made by a bot without human input are banned. AI art is still allowed. But the seller must then have a clear role and be open about the process. Sellers must say when a product was made with AI. They may not present it as handmade or as entirely their own work. Etsy says many buyers cannot tell which products were made with AI. According to the company, this is one of the three biggest reasons for buying less often. Etsy itself does use AI, for example for search results and a ChatGPT app. Read more →

Blue Planet III keeps the rough edges

With Blue Planet III, the BBC wants to prove that the footage is real. That is why shots that would normally end up in the bin are kept. Earlier parts of the nature series were known for their crystal-clear images. They seemed almost too good to be true. Images that are too smooth are now seen as a sign of AI. Executive producer Elizabeth White tells The Guardian that in the past they would cut a shot with a lot of plankton. They also kept a boat or a buoy out of the frame. Now they show all of it, for a rougher version of the ocean. The series shows, among other things, dolphins catching fish by blocking holes with sea sponges. You also see fish of different species communicating with each other, and 200,000 crabs feeding in formation. White says real sea animals are probably 'more remarkable than AI can imagine'. Read more →