

UX Roundup: AI Follow-Up Questions in Usability Studies | Top UX Evaluation Methods | AI Use in UX | Keep Users in the Flow | New Grok Image Model
Summary : AI can ask follow-up questions in usability sessions | The top 3 UX evaluation methods | AI use in UX | New hybrid UI for AI...

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 11, 202410 min read


UX Roundup: ElevenLabs Podcast | Usability Guidelines as Figma Plugin | AI Kills Companies | o1 and o1 Pro
New podcast creation | Figma Plugin with UX design guidelines | Traditional company business models disrupted by AI | New AI models

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 9, 20248 min read


UX Roundup: AI Video Editing | AI Avatars Compared | NotebookLM Team Leaves | Monthly, Not Yearly AI Subs
AI-Assisted Video Editing with CapCut | Comparing services for generating AI avatars | The core NotebookLM team leaves Google

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 5, 20248 min read


UX Roundup: Cookie Banners Waste Time | Building AI Infrastructure | Bigger AI Training Clusters | AI Avatar Keynote Summary | Virtual Try-On
Cookie banners waste 575 M hours of European users’ time annually | Jensen Huang on AI infrastructure | AI training clusters keep growing

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 2, 20249 min read


Better AI Creative Writing?
The creative writing abilities of ChatGPT have improved a little, as shown by a small experiment in two genres: poetry & children’s stories.

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 27, 20247 min read


UX Roundup: AI-UX One-Day Conference | AI Format Remixing | UXR Prompt Cheatsheet | Research Report Renaissance | Worst UI Ever | Flexible Displays | Scaling Law for Physical AI | Podcast | Le Chat
Using AI to repurpose content into additional formats | Cheatsheet with AI prompts for user research | Worst UI ever | Flexible displays

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 25, 202411 min read


Design Leaders Should Go “Founder Mode”
The future of design leadership is not to aspire to ever-higher executive roles. Embrace “Founder Mode" hands-on and vision-based leadership

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 21, 20246 min read


UX Roundup: Jakob Keynote Video | University Courses | 8 Uses of AI for UX Design | Museum Usability
Full video from Oslo keynote | Promising university courses | Main uses of AI in the UX design process | Museum usability

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 18, 20249 min read


UX Roundup: World Usability Day | Bits to Atoms | Doing vs. Learning | AI Denial
From bits to atoms: when do we get super-human robots? | Doing vs. learning with AI | Older managers in denial about AI progress

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 11, 20248 min read


AI With “Computer Use”: Agents, Accessibility Fix, Facilitating Usability Tests
Summary : AI’s new capability to operate computers directly could redefine user experience, from aiding disabled users to automating...

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 7, 20247 min read


UX Roundup: AI Camera | Web Design Mistakes | UX Job Openings
Directing the AI camera for emotional impact | Web design mistakes the same as ever | UX job openings: equal numbers for senior and junior

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 4, 20248 min read


UX Roundup: AI Metaphors Quiz | Text Fields | Speaking in Oslo | Usability Poster | AI Elo Scores | Cost to Orbit
Quiz about the 4 AI metaphors | Traditional text entry fields are best | Usability poster | Interpreting the Elo scores for AI models

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 28, 20249 min read


Strong AI Creativity
Summary : AI is reshaping the landscape of creativity and innovation. AI outperforms humans in both general ideation and the production...

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 17, 20249 min read


UX Roundup: AI in Mathematics | Mainstreaming Usability | Sparkles Emoji | Changing E-Commerce Guidelines | SFTechWeek Event
AI makes mathematics research more scalable | Usability enters the mainstream | Sparkles emoji as the icon for AI in user interfaces

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 14, 202410 min read


UX Roundup: Consultants Don’t Work | Apple AI | AI as General-Purpose Technology | Generative UI for the Enterprise
Consultants don’t work for improving productivity through AI | Apple AI = bad AI | AI is a general-purpose technology | Enterprise GenUI

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 10, 20247 min read


UX Roundup: OpenAI Canvas | Evaluating AI Video | AI Podcast | AI Translation | AI Adoption & Retention | Flux 1.1
OpenAI Canvas heralds hybrid UI for AI | Evaluating AI video models in pairwise quality comparisons | AI-created podcast | AI translation

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 7, 202411 min read


UX Roundup: Jakob Live | Reducing Extreme Poverty | Training with AI Agents | Healthcare Leapfrogging | Human vs AI Doctors | AI Leaderboard
Progress in reducing extreme poverty | AI Agents as training aides | Will AI finally leapfrog healthcare delivery?

Jakob Nielsen
Oct 3, 202411 min read


UX Roundup: AI-Created Podcast | Likely to Recommend? | Unproductive Metrics | Are UIs Needed? | Faster Tech Diffusion | AI Predictions | Sam Altman Essay | AI UX Job
Podcast created by AI | What people say vs. do relative to product recommendations | Metrics that incentivize the wrong behavior

Jakob Nielsen
Sep 30, 202411 min read


4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach
Viewing AI as an eager but unskilled intern was appropriate in early 2023, but this metaphor is now too limiting for good AI use.

Jakob Nielsen
Sep 26, 202414 min read


UX Roundup: Learning User Testing | Writing with AI | AI Data Center Walkthrough | Runway Experimental UI | AI As Expert Tutor | Geographical Advantage Saudis | Motion Brush
Learn user testing through in-person sessions | Dialectic writing with AI | AI taking the lead to guide users

Jakob Nielsen
Sep 23, 20249 min read
