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Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets
Figma has launched a new suite of AI-powered tools aimed at simplifying web design, prototyping, and marketing content creation—positioning itself as a strong contender against platforms like Canva, Adobe, and Wix.
What’s new?
Figma Sites: Build and publish responsive websites with built-in CMS, animations, and editable components—no code needed.
Figma Make: Create app prototypes from text prompts with real-time collaboration and direct code editing.
Figma Buzz: Let marketers generate branded assets in bulk using templates, AI-generated images, and spreadsheet data.
Figma Draw: A new vector editor with advanced features like brushes, texture, text on path, and more—no need to export designs.
These additions reinforce Figma’s push to become a full-stack design and content platform. A new “Content Seat” subscription starts at $8/month and includes Buzz, Slides, FigJam, and Sites CMS.
Anthropic CEO: “We Don’t Really Know How AI Works”
In a candid essay, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei admits what many in the AI field have long known: even top researchers don’t fully understand how generative AI systems make decisions.
“This lack of understanding is essentially unprecedented in the history of technology,”
Amodei revealed that Anthropic is working on creating an “MRI for AI” — interpretability tools that aim to decode how and why models behave the way they do. The initiative reflects growing concern about AI safety, especially as models approach greater capabilities.
He shared an internal experiment where “red teams” intentionally introduced alignment flaws, and “blue teams” successfully used early interpretability tools to identify the issues — a promising sign for future transparency.
Founded in 2021 after Amodei’s departure from OpenAI over safety concerns, Anthropic is now leading the charge in understanding and controlling advanced AI, before it becomes too powerful to manage.
“Powerful AI will shape humanity’s destiny,” Amodei concludes. “We deserve to understand our own creations.”
IBM CEO: AI Has Replaced Jobs — But Created New Ones
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna confirmed that AI has already replaced several hundred HR roles within the company — but emphasized that it has also enabled new hiring in software development, sales, and marketing.
Speaking at IBM’s Think conference, Krishna noted that while AI and automation streamline repetitive tasks, they free up resources for roles requiring critical thinking and human interaction.
“Our total employment has actually gone up,” he told The Wall Street Journal, citing a shift toward more strategic roles.
IBM is also launching new AI agent tools that let businesses build and manage autonomous bots. These services are designed to complement existing tools from other providers like OpenAI and Microsoft, reflecting IBM’s flexible, partner-focused AI strategy.
Despite industry-wide caution around AI-related workforce changes, IBM sees the technology as a net positive for employment, reinvesting gains into future-facing roles and tools.
Creating Agents that Co-Create — Karina Nguyen, OpenAI
In this talk, I will discuss how two key AI scaling paradigms are reshaping product research—reframing AI from narrow tools to collaborative agents driving real-world innovation.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance
Google has released an early preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition), featuring significant upgrades in coding performance—especially for front-end and UI development, agentic workflows, and code transformation tasks.
Key highlights:
#1 in front-end dev: Gemini 2.5 Pro now tops the WebDev Arena leaderboard for building beautiful, functional web apps—outperforming competitors in developer preference.
Video-to-code breakthrough: With advanced video understanding (84.8% on VideoMME), it can turn YouTube videos into fully interactive learning apps.
Feature creation made simple: From matching UI styles to generating animations and CSS, Gemini helps developers build faster with less manual styling.
From idea to app: Enhanced reasoning and design sense let devs go from concepts to polished, responsive web apps in no time.
Already available via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, the latest update improves function calling accuracy and triggers—no migration needed for current users.