Technology

Financial Market Applications of LLMs

The AI revolution drove frenzied investment in both private and public companies and captured the public’s imagination in 2023. Transformational consumer products like ChatGPT are powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) that excel at modeling sequences of tokens that represent words or parts of words [2]. Amazingly, structural

The Gradient · EN

We Need Positive Visions for AI Grounded in Wellbeing

Introduction Imagine yourself a decade ago, jumping directly into the present shock of conversing naturally with an encyclopedic AI that crafts images, writes code, and debates philosophy. Won’t this technology almost certainly transform society — and hasn’t AI’s impact on us so far been

The Gradient · EN

What's Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of Purpose

LLM-based chatbots’ capabilities have been advancing every month. These improvements are mostly measured by benchmarks like MMLU, HumanEval, and MATH (e.g. sonnet 3.5, gpt-4o). However, as these measures get more and more saturated, is user experience increasing in proportion to these scores? If we envision a future

The Gradient · EN

Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research

What is the Role of Mathematics in Modern Machine Learning? The past decade has witnessed a shift in how progress is made in machine learning. Research involving carefully designed and mathematically principled architectures result in only marginal improvements while compute-intensive and engineering-first efforts that scale to ever larger training sets

The Gradient · EN

AGI Is Not Multimodal

"In projecting language back as the model for thought, we lose sight of the tacit embodied understanding that undergirds our intelligence." –Terry Winograd The recent successes of generative AI models have convinced some that AGI is imminent. While these models appear to capture the essence of human

The Gradient · EN

After Orthogonality: Virtue-Ethical Agency and AI Alignment

Preface This essay argues that rational people don’t have goals, and that rational AIs shouldn’t have goals. Human actions are rational not because we direct them at some final ‘goals,’ but because we align actions to practices [1] : networks of actions, action-dispositions, action-evaluation criteria,

The Gradient · EN

Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom

Strong UX ideas do not secure investment on their own. Through a worked example, Alex Williams breaks down how to define business value, calculate costs, test causality, and build a credible case for the return on a design initiative. - UX - Design - Business

Smashing Magazine · EN

Stop Treating CSS Container Queries Like Traditional Media Queries

Despite broad browser support, container queries remain surprisingly underused and frequently misunderstood. Let’s look at how they differ from media queries, when to reach for each, and how container queries help reusable components respond naturally to the contexts in which they appear. - CSS - Tools - Techniques

Smashing Magazine · EN

Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

October is just around the corner, which means it’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Designed by the community for the community, they’re here to brighten your screens, and maybe spark some creativity along the way.

Smashing Magazine · EN

A Practical Guide To Naming Things

A practical guide to naming UI components, with useful resources, naming conventions, and structures. You’ll find more [useful guides](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/guides/) and [online workshops](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops) here on Smashing Magazine, so make sure to browse and explore.

Smashing Magazine · EN

Is Your Organization Messing Up AI Adoption?

What can digital transformation teach us about AI adoption? Paul Boag revisits his book Digital Adaptation to show how lessons from the past can help organizations navigate the challenges of AI today.

Smashing Magazine · EN

Embracing Playful Imperfection With The CSS `random()` Function

Design systems thrive on consistency, so where does randomness fit in? Through playful demos of organic typography, bouncing letters, and splayed cards, Brecht De Ruyte shows how the new CSS `random()` function brings a little imperfection to the web without JavaScript libraries or preprocessor loops that generate hundreds of lines of static CSS.

Smashing Magazine · EN

Accordion Icons: Which Work Best?

A closer look at accordion icons, why split menus are harmful, and why it’s better not to have icons and text labels link to different actions. Plus, why the caret is the safest icon choice. You’ll find more [useful guides](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/guides/) and [online workshops](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops) here on Smashing Magazine, so make sure to browse and explore.

Smashing Magazine · EN

A Spark Of Color In November’s Gray (2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Let’s kick of November with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Designed by creatives from across the globe, the wallpapers come in a variety of screen resolutions and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy!

Smashing Magazine · EN

The Baseline Features audit is now available in Lighthouse

Learn which web features are used on a page—and their Baseline status—with the new Lighthouse Baseline features audit.

web.dev · EN

New to the web platform in July

Discover some of the interesting features that have landed in stable and beta web browsers during July 2026.

web.dev · EN

July 2026 Baseline monthly digest

Read about various happenings with Baseline during July 2026.

web.dev · EN

New to the web platform in August

Discover some of the interesting features that have landed in stable and beta web browsers during August 2026.

web.dev · EN

Submit your proposals for Interop 2027

It's time to let us know which web platform features should be part of Interop 2027.

web.dev · EN

Find features to support for Interop 2027 with your coding agent

Learn how you can use your coding agent to find Interop 2027 proposals to upvote, or find features to propose.

web.dev · EN

August 2026 Baseline monthly digest

Read about various happenings with Baseline during August 2026.

web.dev · EN

New to the web platform in September

Discover some of the interesting features that have landed in stable and beta web browsers during September 2026.

web.dev · EN

To Ignite a Personalization Practice, Run this Prepersonalization Workshop

Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine . Either way, you’re designing with data. Now what? When it comes to designing for personalization , there are many cautionary tales, no overnight successes, and few guides for the perplexed. Between the fantasy of getting it right and the fear of it going wrong—like when we encounter “ persofails ” in the vein of a company repeatedly imploring everyday consumers to buy additional toilet seats —the personal

A List Apart · EN

User Research Is Storytelling

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX). Now, I realize that there’s an element of theater to UX—I hadn’t really considered it before, but user research is storytelling. And to get the most out of user research, you ne

A List Apart · EN