
AI will inevitably play a huge role not only in the broader development of the nascent metaverse but also in regulating and democratizing it. http://webdesignernews.com/ai-is-here-to-save-the-metaverse/

A brand new default theme will be featured with the next WordPress 6.4 release: Twenty Twenty-Four. The idea behind Twenty Twenty-Four is to make a default theme that can be used on any type of site, with any topic. Because of that, and contrary to past years, it has no single topic. I http://webdesignernews.com/wordpress-introducing-twenty-twenty-four/

A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways. http://webdesignernews.com/the-myth-of-open-source-ai/

Review card is a design element that appears on websites and applications to highlight feedback about a product, service or experience. A review card displays user feedback in a compact, visual format on digital platforms. It’s a familiar UI pattern that presents a user’s evaluation—often accompanied by a rating, comments, and sometimes user-related information. http://webdesignernews.com/review-card-how-to-design-it/

Code Llama is state-of-the-art for publicly available LLMs on coding tasks. It has the potential to make workflows faster and more efficient for developers and lower the barrier to entry for people who are learning to code. http://webdesignernews.com/introducing-code-llama-an-ai-tool-for-coding/

Yes, it took the melodramatic change of one app for me to clock the pervasiveness of this trend, but now I can’t unsee it: we’re in a colorless era. I’ve always been interested in the theoretical design pendulum of trends shifting from one extreme to another, but I never thought that black and white design would displace color. http://webdesignernews.com/are-we-losing-color-all-logos-are-starting-to-look-the-same/

Have you seen claims and rumors that WordPress is dying or about to be replaced by some newer website builder or software? You may be wondering if the rumors are true. Maybe you are even questioning whether it’s worth using WordPress at all. http://webdesignernews.com/is-wordpress-dying-the-state-of-wordpress-2023-edition/

Midjourney, one of the startups at the bleeding edge of generative AI imagery, debuted a generative infill feature that users have already dubbed a potential game-changer, putting it in more direct competition with Adobe Photoshop’s Generative Fill. http://webdesignernews.com/midjourney-adds-new-vary-region-feature-to-rival-photoshop-generative-fill/