The Sims 4 introduced kits in 2021 as smaller packs of add-on content with a very specific theme. The idea behind The Sims 4 kits is for players to add new content to their games, but without the pressure of buying all available kits, or having items leftover in the pack that they won't use. Kits typically have fifteen to twenty items with several swatches.

Captain America is an icon in comic books, and since the MCU debuted him in 2011, hes been an icon in cinema too.Captain America: Brave New Worldis the fourth main movie starring a version of Captain America, but this time, its not Steve Rogers.

Intimidating Feline Codpiece is one of the vaguest treasure maps in Avowed, offering only a skyline and some rocks as clues to its location in Dawnshore. The road to this treasure location takes you through the wilderness and past some dangerous enemies, so make sure youve got some food or potions on-hand before heading out.This Avowed guide shows where to find the Intimidating Feline Codpiece treasure map, where this quests unique armor set is, and what it offers you.Where to find Intimidating Feline Codpiece treasure mapThis map is for sale in Clavigers Landing from the merchant Lynna, the middle one of the three merchants just north of the dock. It costs a few hundred skeyt. The map isnt going anywhere, so theres no rush if you need to scavenge for extra equipment to sell.Intimidating Feline Codpiece location solutionUnlike with Captain Henquas Spoils, the Intimidating Feline Codpiece map only shows you the treasures specific location, with few indicators pointing to its general area. If you want to try finding it yourself, pay attention to the background. Mountains are in the distance and to the right, which rules out a western or south-facing location. That means youre looking for a spot in eastern Dawnshore where tall mountains are visible ahead of you, so you can ignore some of the ruins and areas where your line of sight is blocked.The exact area youre looking for is just below Watchers Mirror, though you cant reach it by jumping down from that location.Start from the Rise party camp, and head east. Ignore the tunnel that leads you to Watchers Mirror, turn right, and make your way around to the northeast instead. Youll pass near a ruined fortress, but dont linger too long. Tier-two phantom enemies patrol the area, and unless youve upgraded your armor to to that quality already, they can defeat you with just a couple of attacks.Follow the path north until the cliff to your left gives way to another path, and youll see the spot shown below.To the left is a small cavern, blocked by boards you can demolish with a sword, axe, dagger, or mace, and inside youll find the Stelgaers Pride armor set.(To save yourself some backtracking later, check the ground behind you near the edge of the ravine for a rare herb that features in the Escape Plan quest you can pick up in Shantytown. The herbs location is even with the giant fossilized skull, if youre having trouble finding it. Completing that quest gives you a peaceful route through the main quest where you track your killer during An Untimely End, so its worth doing if youd rather avoid clashing with the Paradis resistance.)Intimidating Feline Codpiece rewardDespite the name, Stelgaers Pride is a full set of armor and not just a codpiece, though it does include that as well. It starts as a level two item of Common quality.Stelgaers Pride stats18% damage reduction9 additional damage reduction-35 maximum stamina-30 maximum essenceStelgaers Pride enchantmentsBloodied Fury: You cast Barbaric Shout when you sustain damage that is greater than 30% of your max healthLesser Relentless: +5% stamina regeneration rateBloodied Fury is a level five fighter skill that increases your interruption resistance when casting skills and boosts your attack for a short time. That, along with the stamina and essence penalties, make Stelgaers Pride better-suited for a tanky melee build where evasion plays a lesser role in your battle plans.For more treasure maps in the Dawnshore region, see our solutions to the Captain Henquas Spoils and Woedicas Inheritance treasure maps. And dont miss our full Avowed walkthrough.

Finding the Woedicas Inheritance treasure map solution in Avowed involves a trick of perspective and possibly some unorthodox quest-finding methods, depending on your luck.Unlike the other maps in Dawnshore, Captain Henquas Spoils and Intimidating Feline Codpiece, you need to make a bit of story progress before you can acquire Woedicas Inheritance. If you favor stealth and are building a ranger or assassin-style build, though, the reward is worth the hassle.This Avowed guide shows where to find the Woedicas Inheritance treasure map, which location the treasure map is showing, and what youll find once you get there.Where to find Woedicas Inheritance treasure mapThe Woedicas Inheritance map is for sale at Sanzas Emporium in Paradis Hightown market, an area you can only access after completing the Strangleroot mission. Or at least it should be there. According to our testing, in some scenarios, Sanza just doesnt stock the map, regardless of story progress or whether youve completed his cartography quests.If the map isnt for sale, you can still find the unique item anyway, which adds the quest to your journal and considers it automatically completed.Woedicas Inheritance location solutionThe map shows you a path between a fortress wall and a natural rock wall. The only place in Dawnshore with intact walls of that size is Paradis, and since the natural rock wall has to be on your right, that rules out the citys western walls.Start from the Gods Gate fast travel beacon, and walk north under the arch. Turn left and approach the ravine separating you from the walls of Paradis, and youll find a small dirt path. It leads you to a little nook that looks like a dead end, but pressing the button hidden behind some foliage on your right opens a secret panel in the wall.Inside is a rather ominous shrine thats for decoration only and a chest containing your unique item, the Gloves of the Strangler.Woedicas Inheritance rewardThe Gloves of the Strangler come with a standard bonus and a unique enchantment, both of which favor ranger playstyles. You cant upgrade the item bonus, but you can enhance the enchantment at a party camp.Stranglers Gloves item bonusIncreases critical hit rate by 3%Stranglers Gloves enchantmentLesser Ambushing: Stealth attacks deal 15% more damagePulling off stealth attacks is easier with ranged weapons, though if you learn the rangers invisibility skill Shadowing Beyond, you can use it to give yourself the same advantage using any weapon without having to hide.For more treasure maps in the Dawnshore region, see our solutions to the Captain Henquas Spoils and Intimidating Feline Codpiece treasure maps. And dont miss our full Avowed walkthrough.

A reference article with guiding principles, patterns, and personas to help designers become more AI literate.As the Head of Design at Modular AI, my team is going from 0 to 1 on a lot of AI products and workflows this year. Even though Ive been designing for developers for years, Ive personally had to quickly ramp up on some AI specific topics and build out our personas, so I thought Id share a few best practices and top references Ive established formyself.Guiding UI principles:Condensed information is welcomed. Much like the B2B industries of data science and fintech, these personas welcome dense dataas well as its designed with a strong hierarchy. So, reduce thosemargins!Parsed metadata is the most clear. Extracting out the metadata and making it search/filter/sortable is important. Tables, side drawers, tagging systemsthese are the main design system elements torefine.Remember Jakobs lawusers spend more time on other sites than your own. There are strong leaders in AI, such as HuggingFace and OpenAI. If theyve established a pattern and theres no strong reason to deviate, go with it. I know, I know, this goes against first principles, but theres a time and a place for first principles. Illl leave it to you to decide that for your team androadmap.A great sources for designing for developers is Githubs design system. Here are a few of their principles that are clearly custom to the developer persona:Its not fully shipped until itsfastAnything added dilutes everything elsePracticality beatspurityApproachable is better thansimpleHalf measures are as bad as nothing atallEncourage flowFavor focus overfeaturesSo with those principles in mind here are some key interfaces that my team has released this year. Keep in mind my team is 4 people (2 designers & 2 developers), and were a fast-paced start-up. Our designs are all released as MVPs at first, then iterated once live, and often built off of existing systems to get from 0 to 1 and get real external validation as fast as possible. All of the designs in this post were created by myself and Will Rust together. Design is a teamsport.The screens Illcover:Product 1: Chat with an LLM (Simple marketing pageversion)As end users, were very familiar with chat interfaces by now. Chatting with an LLM (large language model) as a developer is almost identical to the end user experiences on AI platforms like Chat GPT, Duck Assist, or Perplexity. Its about being as clean as possible and providing fast and conciseanswers.The main difference is that an AI developer is also evaluating the model in terms of its speed, ease of building on top of it, its compatibility, and deploying it.Keep it as clean as a traditional search engine, but offer a subtle 2nd layer of whats happening under the hood, including things like links to the documentation, benchmarking data showcasing the speed of the model, and other data such as cost per token. Here is how we solved for that atModular.UI frameworks we used: https://www.gradio.app/, Mantine,TailwindScreen 1simple start chatting intro screen showing the user which model it is, what hardware its running on, and the traffic volume its handling.And of course everything is light/dark mode compatible. Heres the darkmode version where we embedded the chat inside our developer console.Screen 2 chat results, showing benchmarked data, as well as links to tutorials, the code, and next steps for deployment of thismodel.Left: Expanded benchmark results; Right: Consolidated benchmarksScreen 3The embedded version. For this version, we trained MAX specifically on our documentation using RAG. We started this experiment for internal users only and are hoping to releasesoon.A few choice references:Chatgpt; PerplexityGroq, HuggingFace chatProduct 2: Model RepositoryOne of the most important things that an AI developer needs to do is evaluate GenAI models. This starts with searching through a model repositoryalso called a model garden, model library, or model hub. For marketing/SEO reasons, this is usually a logged out experience, with the main goal being to show users all the models that your platform is compatible with, and encouraging them to log in if they want to test the model more seriously. Our model repo is live at builds.modular.comThe most important features here are essentially search and filter. You want to make sure the user can find what theyre looking for, from a large dataset of what might be hundreds to thousands ofmodels.Screen 2Model detail page. This page tells the user how many variants we have of each model, how to quickly run the model locally, and how to deploy it to a GPU in the cloud if they wantto.There are some fun technical details related to model parameter size, quantization, hardware compatibility, etc. But in the end it all comes down to gestalt clustering and creating the right hierarchy.Designs created by Eve Weinberg (me) and WillRustMy top references here are Huggingface (because theyre the leader in this space), Kaggle (because they have a thriving community), together AI (because theyre Enterprise), and Replicate (because 80k hits per day isalot):Together.aiLike with all successful UI, keep in mind the users mindset here. The AI developer is thinking about models in terms of what task the model can complete, the size of the model, its performance, and who madeit.Product 3: PlaygroundA playground refers to an environment designed for experimentation, testing, and learning without the risks of affecting live systems or production environments. For AI developers, it more specifically will include things like trying out the AI models, testing prompts, and fine-tuning parameters without the need for extensive infrastructure.Were just getting ours up and running now, so Ill just talk about the main features and show some references.Main features:Logged in and Billing connected. Just a small note, but users usually need to connect a credit card because youre officially running AI computenow.Sliders to control the models parameters, change the model entirely.Pay-as-you-go pricingLeft: Vercel; Right:GoogleThis segues perfectly into the whole console experience.Product 4: Developer ConsoleFrom a layout and information architecture perspective, this is like any other desktop console. We use tailwind, mantine, and chartjs to makeours.We got a ittle carried away with bespoke numbering for abitThe fun UI features here are the data monitoring dashboards. If youve ever designed an Enterprise dashboard then the rest honestly is the sameRole based access control, billing, organization hierarchy with members inside that can invite other members, notifications, settings, etc.Product 5: DocumentationOk, lets get into some bread and butterDocumentation! Everyones favorite thing to design;) Heres ours. This was actually my first time ever fully owning the design of a documentation site. We use Docusuarus for ours, as well as Algolia search, which has fantastic UI out of thebox!https://docs.modular.com/maxAs far as the information architecture goes, weve discussed a few approaches here, and narrowed in on two overarching concepts:Follow the users JTBD (jobs to be done)in what order do they accomplish these tasks. For us, its: test locally, serve, deploy to cloud, monitor,scale.Follow the architecture of your product. For us, we have a whole platform that goes from low-level GPU programming to auto-scaling in cloud, so this is also compelling for us to categorize in thisway.Whichever you choose, a landing page that reiterates this is critical.Our most visited page is our Quickstart (not surprisingly!). And were continuously optimizing this page for faster competition, and higher completion rates.Some references:Streamlit Docs (easier when the product surface issmaller)And as I mentioned, Algolia search is fantastic. Heres how it looks forus:Search lightboxedSearch page allows for search across all products andversionsProduct 6: Recipes &CodeRecipes (or cookbooks) is a silly, yet standardized way, of referring to step-by-step instructions. In their most interactive form they are notebooks, where each section is executable code. In their simplest form theyre just a series of instructions with copy/paste-able code snippets.As I mentioned, we build extremely iteratively, so our MVP is truly just rendering a github code example, with metadata called out on the right. I find this this audience, the cleaner and simpler the better. The content itself is so dense, the design shouldnt call attention toitself.A large part of the design system for these articles, is just how you render code, so having an organized system for light and darkmode is a key focus. We use mantine system for this and set our custom colors there, and you can lean on established best practices for CLI color schemes, as shown in this article: https://hamvocke.com/blog/lets-create-a-terminal-color-scheme/Design system for stylingcodeAnd dont forget to have some fun with the CLI, ascii art, and clear progress bars! For UX of the CLI, I just try and teach my engineering teammates the basic 10 NNG principles, and the top one leveraged is visibility of systemstatus.Progress bars in theterminalUsing the ascii art generator tool: https://convertcase.net/ascii-art-generator/Whats next?Im really excited to build so many more workflows and share them. I hope to focus on agentic workflows and cloud monitoring dashboards next.Two low code agentic workflow images from the tooln8n.Bonus imageAI EngineerPersonasAs a reference, here is a genericized version of the personas that I created for Modular. Our bullseye is the Solution Builder fornow.Stay tuned, and thx forreading.EveDesigning for AI Engineers: UI patterns you need to know was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Unlocking efficiency and creativity.Example persona and journey map created by KyleSoucy.While AI has the power to enhance our work, it cannot replace the essential insights gained from conducting actual UX research and analysis.AI is a tool that helps us get the job done more efficiently; it does not replaceus.With over 20 years of experience in UX research, I was initially skeptical about integrating AI into our research practices. However, Ive found that Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot, Claude.ai, etc., are immensely helpful. They do more than just assist in analyzing data to uncover insights; they also excel at transforming these insights into effective deliverables such as UX personas and journeymaps.There are many ways to write AI prompts to create UX personas and journey maps. Just google How to use AI to create UX personas? and youll find plenty of resources (some of which Ive used and cited at the end). So, why am I writing this article if theres already a lot out there? After a year of research and experimentation trying out several variations, Ive discovered a successful approach using a mix of prompts with unique nuances that dont appear to be covered in anything Ive read. So, I wanted to share my findings in the hopes that they could also help other fellow UX researchers. As our field continues to evolve, sharing our findings and fostering collaboration will be essential to unlocking the full potential of AI in UX. On that note, I invite you to share your experiences in the comments section if youve tried any of these prompts or something different that yielded greatresults.PersonasCreated by author via Canva.comThere are two main types of UX personas: those based on actual user research and those based on assumptions. Whether youre creating data-informed personas or assumptions-based personas (a.k.a. proto-personas, ad-hoc personas, alignment personas, etc.), GenAI can help immensely. Side note about proto-personas: In my experience, many people outside the product team dont understand the difference between personas and proto-personas. Therefore, when creating proto-personas, I prefer to use the term assumptions-based personas so its clear that research still needs to be conducted. Theres nothing worse than presenting a proto-persona and having stakeholders think theyve checked the persona box and can move on without conducting actual user research!If youre interested in learning more about how to create proto-personas, I highly encourage you to check out Tamara Aldins great work on alignment personas.Even when a persona is based on user research, the distilled information is presented in a fictional way while still accurately describing the average user of the product. Whether its a name, background story, tagline, etc., these made-up elements help bring a persona to life, making it authentic and memorable while enhancing its ability to resonate with the audience. I dont know about you, but I always struggle with writing these fictional bits of a persona, and its where I get the most help fromGenAI.After conducting research and analysis, I know what data I want to include in a persona and how it should be segmented, but I struggle with the best way to convey it. Some of you may consider this the fun part of persona creation, but personally, I can spend hours just spinning my wheels on coming up with the right tagline. Im a data nerd and love qualitative analysis, but I dont necessarily consider myself the most creative writer, which can sometimes make a persona truly meaningful. Its not to say that I cant get there alone, but it takes me much longer than someone with this gift. EnterAI!Recently, Ive been experimenting with using HeyMarvin, ChatGPT Team, and other GenAI tools to help me fill in the creative writing blanks that I typically struggle with when creating personas. To use AI in this way, Ive found that its most effective if you do the heavy lifting yourselffirst.Step 1: Gather all your research data andinsightsCollect all your interview transcripts and/or research reports if youve conducted user research. If youre doing proto-personas, you hopefully have a lot of secondary research documents to analyze (brand strategy & industry reports, EOY reports, previous research reportssurvey results, market research reports, customer service reports, etc.) or some kind of document(s) that captures the teams assumptions of the target audience.Step 2: Decide on your persona sections and behaviorpromptsNo two personas are created the same. Choosing the sections for your persona that fit your research needs is essential. As Steve Mulder mentions in his book, The User is Always Right, every element of a persona should have a purpose, meaning that it should help a team to better understand and empathize with that user group. Always keep the background relevant to the context of your product or service. Theres no point in including excessive personal background information that does not impact how the persona uses the product or its features.If you want to learn more about deciding what information to include, watch my free 1-hour course, How to Create and Use UX Personas.Step 3: Upload documents to GenAI tool (i.e. yourdataset)Different tools will allow you to upload different file formats. Currently, you can upload PDFs, TXT, JPEG, PNG, DOCX, CSV, and XLS file formats in ChatGPT Plus orTeam.Data privacy: Any file you upload to ChatGPT Plus is retained indefinitely within the service, and those files may also be used by OpenAI to train its models, so its best to refrain from uploading files with any important personal information. If you require a more secure option where chats are not used for training and data is encrypted, youll need to use a ChatGPT Team account or invest in a secure UX research analysis tool like HeyMarvin or Dovetail. I also want to note that there is currently a security issue with ChatGPT Team where its impossible to restrict team members from inviting new members to the workspace, so you must review your workspaces Members page regularly. ChatGPT Enterprise does not have this security weakness. Please check with your IT team before using any GenAI tool with your customer and/or company data to ensure that you adhere to their data security regulations.Step 4: Provide AIpromptYou can adjust the following prompt below to fit the needs of yourpersonaAI PROMPT: [COMPANY] is redesigning their [PRODUCT] to better speak to their target audience. The [PRODUCTS] primary audience is [X]. According to the marketing team, the target audience is defined as [SHORT DEFINITION]. The primary audience uses [PRODUCT] to accomplish [USER GOALS].Write a persona for the [PRIMARY AUDIENCE] based on the definition providedand the attached background materials and research transcripts. The personaneeds to include the following sections: Values, Motivations, Affinities(i.e. brands or organizations that share a similar target audience andcommon interests or values), Goals, Challenges, Needs, Demographics,Behaviors, and Preferred Touchpoints with the Company (online and offline).Step 5: Review and refineresultsIf you find that the first response is not in-depth enough or you would like it to include specific information, you can ask GenAI to refine it in several ways. For personas, I like to provide behavior prompts. For instance, you can use the prompt below to ask GenAI to re-write certain sections of the persona. By the way, these are the same prompts I use with cross-functional teams when facilitating persona workshops to develop proto-personasAI FOLLOW-UP PROMPT: Use the following behavior prompts to re-write the Motivations and Affinities sections for this persona:Motivations1. Personal Goals: a. What are your persona's short-term and long-term personal goals? b. What motivates your persona to achieve these goals?2. Professional Aspirations: a. What are your persona's career aspirations and ambitions? b. What drives your persona to succeed in their professional life?3. Incentives and Rewards: a. What types of incentives or rewards are most appealing to your persona (e.g., financial, recognition, personal growth)? b. How does your persona respond to different forms of motivation (e.g., intrinsic vs. extrinsic)?Affinities1. Lifestyle Choices: a. What lifestyle choices does your persona make that reflect their affinities (e.g., choosing sustainable products, preferring local businesses)? b. How does your persona's lifestyle align with their personal values?2. Preferences and Interests: a. What hobbies or interests does your persona have that indicate their affinities (e.g., hiking, reading, attending cultural events)? b. How do these interests influence their daily life and interactions?3. Social Behavior: a. How does your persona interact with others in social settings? Are they more introverted or extroverted? b. What kind of social activities does your persona enjoy (e.g., group events, one-on-one interactions)?4. Environmental Consciousness: a. How important is environmental sustainability to your persona? What actions do they take to support this value? b. What kind of environmentally friendly products or practices does your persona prefer?5. Brand Loyalty: a. What brands does your persona feel a strong affinity towards and why? b. How do your persona's values and affinities influence their brand preferences?6. Decision-Making Style: a. How does your persona approach decision-making? Are they more analytical or intuitive? b. What factors are most important to your persona when making decisions (e.g., data, recommendations, personal feelings)?This follow-up prompt should result in a more rich result. You could choose to provide the behavior prompts in your initial GenAI prompt, but Ive noticed better results if I spoon-feed the data and do iterative refinement. Putting too many demands in one prompt confuses the model. Patrick Neeman, author of Mastering AI Assistants for User Experience Designers and Product Managers, suggests including user research questions in the prompt to ensure it accurately reflects real users. He suggests adding to your prompt, Generate user research questions that would validate this user persona as correct.Using large language models (LLMs) to segment a userbase into distinct personas based on behavior patterns, preferences, demographic data, etc., is super helpful. However, its important to remember that you can inadvertently perpetuate or even amplify biases if theyre present in the data youre using to trainthem.About accuracy: Remember that all GenAI tools are fallible and can provide wrong answers. Ultimately, you must do your due diligence to ensure the information provided accurately reflects your collected data. If the dataset youre using contains historical biases or imbalances (e.g., in terms of gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status), the models outputs will likely reflect thesebiases.TIP: As Bill Bulman mentions in his article, Crafting Personas with AI-Augmented Research (a step-by-step guide), you could also write a prompt to get a day in the life narrative for your persona. Bill provides the example prompt: Provide me a day in the life story for a persona, using the following user interview data, as a baseline.Whether data-informed or assumptions-based, creating UX personas is a nuanced process that significantly benefits from GenAIs support. These tools can assist in crafting the intricate details that make personas relatable and valuable, particularly for those who may not naturally lean towards creative writing. By meticulously gathering and analyzing user data, defining persona elements that genuinely reflect user needs, and strategically using AI to enhance the creative aspects of persona creation, we can develop more accurate and engaging user personas.Journey mapsImage of free journey map template via nulivo.com.You would follow the same steps outlined in creating personas for creating journey maps but with some noted differences to Steps 2 and4.Step 2 would be to decide on your journey map elements. You want to spend a good deal of time defining the stages of your journey and the user data you want to present during each stage (e.g., actions, thoughts, jobs-to-be-done, etc.). I believe GenAI should not handle this heavy lifting. Instead, you will include this in your AI prompt along with your dataset (i.e., the same docs you uploaded above in Step 3, along with your finalized persona).For Step 4 (the AI prompt), I like to use a prompt thatdetails:Who is on the journey (i.e. yourpersona)What journey theyreonThe stages of thejourneyThe information we want to include during each stage (e.g. actions, thoughts, jobs-to-be-done, etc.)AI PROMPT (Generic example):Write a journey map for [x] persona. The map should focus on the journey of [x]. The stages would be: 1) [x] , 2) [x], 3) [x], 4) [x], and 5) [x]For each stage, please provide:1) Jobs to be Done (i.e. Goals - What is the customer trying to achieve?)2) Actions (What does the customer do? What information do they look for? What is their context?)3) Frustrations / Challenges (What does the customer want to achieve or avoid?)4) Online Touchpoints (What online parts of the [x] service do they interact with?)5) Offline Touchpoints (What offline parts of the service do they interact with?)6) Moments of Truth (A customer interaction that can create a positive or negative impression of a brand, product, or service that affects their purchasing decision.)For example, if I were creating a journey map for ordering food through a mobile app, my prompt might looklikeAI PROMPT (Specific example of ordering food using mobile app):Using the provided dataset, which includes a detailed persona, user research reports, survey results, market research reports, and customer service interactions, create a comprehensive user experience journey map for a food delivery mobile app. The persona for this map is 'Chris', a busy software developer who enjoys diverse cuisines. The journey map should incorporate data-driven insights from the dataset at each stage and across various dimensions to accurately represent Chris's experience.Stages:1. Awareness: How Chris discovers the app through ads, social media, or friends.2. Consideration: Chris evaluates the app's features, benefits, and user reviews.3. Signup/Onboarding: The steps Chris takes to download, register, and learn to use the app.4. Exploration: Chris is browsing through various restaurant options and menu items.5. Decision: The moment Chris chooses a restaurant and a meal, including any customization.6. Transaction: Completing the order with payment and delivery details.7. Fulfillment: Monitoring the order's progress and receiving updates until delivery.8. Post-Delivery: Actions post-receipt of the order, including eating, resolving issues, and reviewing.For each stage, please provide:* Actions: Detail each action Chris takes within the app at every stage.* Thoughts: Capture what Chris is thinking as he progresses through each stage.* Emotions: Describe Chris's emotional state at key points across the journey.* Touchpoints: Identify where Chris interacts with the app and any other service element.* Frustrations: Note any specific frustrations or challenges Chris encounters.* Jobs to Be Done (JTBD): Outline the underlying needs or tasks Chris aims to fulfill at each stage.Ensure the journey map is visually structured and differentiates between these aspects, providing a holistic view of the user experience.When reviewing your results, if the journey map does not accurately reflect your dataset, GenAI might be making assumptions!LLMs are very good at predictive analytics and forecasting user actions, and when they take a guess, its not called out in the results unless you specifically instruct them to doso.For this reason, I prefer to refine the prompt to learn where the gaps in the researchareAI REFINED PROMPT (Example to clearly mark assumptions):Create an updated UX journey map for the food delivery app using the provided dataset, which includes user research reports, survey results, and customer feedback. Where the dataset is incomplete or lacks specific information required for a comprehensive understanding of the user journey, you are permitted to make logical assumptions. Clearly labelthese assumptions within the journey map to distinguish them from data-driven insights.Specific Instructions:1. Data Integration: For each stage of the journey map, use direct insights from the dataset. Clearly cite the data sources (e.g., specific survey questions, report pages) that support these insights.2. Identifying Assumptions: Where necessary information is missing from the dataset, make and clearly mark assumptions. Provide a rationale for each assumption based on the context of available data.3. Assumption Labels: Use a distinct visual or textual label (such as 'Assumption' or a special symbol) next to any content in the journey map that is not directly supported by the dataset but is instead an educated guess by the AI.4. Clarify and Rationalize: For each assumption, include a brief explanation of why this assumption is made based on related trends or patterns observed in the dataset.5. Detail and Accuracy: Ensure that each stage of the journey map includes detailed descriptions and visualizations, clearly distinguishing between data-derived insights and assumptions. This should enhance the maps overall clarity and usefulness for decision-making.Outcome Expected: The journey map should seamlessly integrate factual datawith necessary assumptions, providing a comprehensive and practical view ofthe user experience. Each assumption should be clearly marked andjustified, allowing stakeholders to understand and evaluate the basis ofthe insights provided. This will aid in strategic planning and designimprovements, ensuring they are both data-informed and adaptable to areasof uncertainty.TIP: As Nate Jones mentions in his excellent newsletter, Your Pocket Guide to Prompt Engineering: How to Get the Most from AI Models, if you want a response to be in a specific format, you should be sure to specify this in your prompt (e.g. Put the response in atable.)Including opportunities & solutions: For each stage of a journey map, I typically like to provide an additional swim lane for Opportunities (suggestions for improvements based on the identified touchpoints, emotions, and frustrations) and Solutions (proposing design or feature enhancements that could improve the UX based on the insights gathered). To me, this is the sweet spot where the research data in the journey map becomes the most actionable. Ive found that its best NOT to use GenAI to help write these lanes. Typically, the dataset doesnt include the collective teams expansive knowledge to solve the UX problems presented in eachstage.Ive found using AI with these prompts can significantly streamline the creation of journey maps, making the process quicker and more efficient. By leveraging AI, we can more easily integrate the findings from complex datasets into each stage of the user journey, ensuring that every aspect, from actions and thoughts to challenges and interactions, is accurately captured. AIs capability to predict user behavior and generate detailed visualizations can enhance the effectiveness of journey maps. However, it is crucial to manually review and adjust these AI-generated maps to ensure they incorporate human insights and accurately reflect real user experiences to provide a more actionable and comprehensive view of the user journey. While AI can assist in forecasting and visualizing user behavior, the strategic inclusion of human insights remains invaluable in crafting a journey map that truly reflects and improves the userjourney.Moving forward: balancing AI efficiency with humaninsightAs we continue to integrate GenAI into the UX design process, its crucial to find the right balance between leveraging its computational power and maintaining the human touch that is essential for creating authentic and impactful user personas and journey maps. By combining AIs efficiency with our expertise and creativity, we can enhance our workflows to produce deliverables that are profoundly resonant with users actual needs and experiences. I encourage my fellow UX professionals to experiment with these tools, share their experiences, and continue to push the boundaries of what we can achieve together in this exciting intersection of technology anddesign.If youre interested in learning more, consider joining the AI for UX Slack group created by Patrick Neeman. We talk a lot about using AI for UX to better understand how to properly use it to advance our industry. I hope to see youthere!References and furtherreadingNeeman, Patrick. uxGPTMastering AI Assistants for User Experience Designers and Product Managers. Available at GPT PromptGuides.Aguilar, Nelson. Your Guide to Uploading Files to ChatGPT (and Why You Would Want To). Available atCNET.Jones, Nate. Your Pocket Guide to Prompt Engineering: How to Get the Most from AI Models. Available at Nates Newsletter.Bulman, Bill. Crafting Personas with AI-Augmented Research (a step-by-step guide). Available at LinkedIn.Morrison, Dylan. UX and AI: Developing a user persona with ChatGPT. Available atMedium.Harley, Aurora. Personas Make Users Memorable for Product Team Members. Available at Nielsen NormanGroup.Adlin, Tamara. Alignment Personas Framework. Available at AdlinInc.Mulder, Steve. The User is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web. Available atAmazon.Soucy, Kyle. How to Create and Use UX Personas. Available onYouTube.How Im using AI to streamline persona and journey map creation was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We may earn a commission from links on this page.The problem with Netflix's algorithmic recommendations is that it creates an entertainment echo chamber where viewers' tastes are confirmed instead of challenged. Right now, there's probably a TV series languishing in Netflix's back catalog that would blow your mind, if only you knew about it. But it's probably not in English. Netflix has a huge catalog of excellent foreign-language shows, so many that finding a place to start can be daunting. As Lifehacker's expert on "what's good on TV," I've put together a list of the best of the best "not in English" Netflix series, listed in order of Rotten Tomatoes review aggregation score. If you can deal with subtitles, I bet you'll find your new favorite show somewhere below.Marianne (France, 2019) I'm starting this list with Marianne, maybe my favorite TV show of all time. I love horror, but I've seen so much of it that I'm rarely actually spooked by anything anymore. French series Marianne, though, legitimately creeped me out. A deeply unsettling series about a horror writer whose nightmares come true, Marianne carefully builds an atmosphere of dread that's practically suffocating at times, then releases the pressure valve with gruesome, Grand Guignol set pieces at exactly the right time. It's horror for grown-ups, and it's really good. Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Korea, 2022) K-drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a legal show like no other. Park Eun-bin plays the title character, Woo Young-woo, a woman with autism who made herself into a legal savant by memorizing seemingly all of Korea's laws. Extraordinary Attorney Woo's heroine is a fully fleshed out charactershe's a woman who has autism, not "autism personified"and the show is as much about the different cases she tries each week as it is about her navigating a world she doesn't fit into.Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Money Heist (Spain, 2017) This brilliant, stylish, crime thriller begins with some heavy Tarantino influence, but it's a bait-and-switch. Money Heist's gang of misfits are cool, but they aren't badass anti-heroes. They're complicated, conflicted, damaged people who make bad decisions for good reasons, and good decisions for bad ones. Their audacious plan to rob Spain's national mint of billions of Euros may seem like an Oceans' Eleven lark at first, but it's soon revealed as a desperate criminal act that blows up and spins farther out of control than anyone predicted.Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%The Chestnut Man (Denmark, 2021) At its worst, "Nordic noir" transplants tired police procedural tropes to Northern European countries, and you end up with NCIS with parkas. At its best, though, Nordic noir is like The Chestnut Man, a grisly, gloomy series that combines serial killing, political corruption, and ancient, unspeakable pagan rituals into something unique, cliche-free, and perfect for binging. If you like the vibe of the first season of True Detective, check out The Chestnut Man.Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Cassandra (Germany, 2025) Just the premise of this German sci-fi series should be enough for most people to watch it. In Cassandra, a typical suburban family moves into an isolated house that was built in the 1980s and was meant to be the "home of the future." The massive old computers in the basement still work and the dusty household robot still clanks around, but something is very wrong with this house. If you're like me, and you feel like you're being haunted by both the past and computers, Cassandra will resonate deeply.Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Delicious in Dungeon (Japan, 2024) Along with traditional foreign series, there's a ton of anime on Netflix too; enough that the specialized genre deserves a separate list (stay tuned). I put Delicious in Dungeon here to represent all anime, and because I really like it. It's good entry-level cartoon, a fantasy series influenced by Dungeons and Dragons, video games, and food, in which a group of intrepid adventurers eat their way through a monster-packed dungeon to save their friend. It's a weird combo, but it's held together by well-drawn characters, beautiful art, and lore that's as rich as espagnole.Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Dear Child (Germany, 2023) I went into Dear Child cold, without knowing anything about it, and the first couple of episodes are so mysterious and dread-inducing, I wasn't sure if it was going in a dark science fiction direction, or if it was more of a supernatural horror show. Turns out, it's neither. Dear Child is a thriller based on real life, and its carefully paced, visually stunning depiction of captivity, torture, and brainwashing is way scarier than any made-up monsters. Germans really have a unique understanding of how authoritarian control degrades the human soul; go figure. Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%Squid Game (Korea, 2021) You can't make a list of Netflix's best foreign shows and not include Korean sensation Squid Game. I defy anyone to watch the first episode of this show and not keep going. Set in a near-future dystopia where rich people convince ordinary people compete in deadly versions of childhood games for a fortune, Squid Game provides pointed commentary on capitalism's corruption of culture and is somehow is fun to watch at the same time. It's brutal, addictive, fearless, darkly funny, and wildly original. Squid Game definitely earned its nearly universal approval among critics and viewers. Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%Kleo (Germany, 2022) This stylish, action-packed period thriller takes place in the days after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jella Haase plays the title character, an imprisoned Stasi agent with an unusual skill set that includes making poison from a pufferfish and kicking serious ass. With the Cold War over, Kleo is released with all the other political prisoners and sets out for vengeance upon the spooks and government functionaries who ruined her life. If you like slick-as-hell action that isn't stupid, check out Kleo. Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%All of Us are Dead (Korea, 2022) Imagine The Breakfast Club, Parasite, and Train to Busan had a three-way baby and you have some idea of what All of Us are Dead is like. This Korean zombie epic is set at Hyosan High School, where regularly scheduled classes (and teenage romance, popularity jockeying, bullying, shenanigans, etc.) are briefly interrupted by an invasion of fast, deadly zombies. All of Us are Dead hits all the undead invasion notes perfectlyit's brutal, violent, and action-packedbut it stands out from the pack by featuring characters you care about and thoughtful social commentary on youth and society, without ever devolving into "Heart-to-Heart Talk of the Dead" territory, like the later seasons of The Walking Dead. Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (Germany, 2019) Based loosely on a true story, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) tells the story of Moritz Zimmerman, a high school nerd who dreams of becoming a tech mogul and sticking it to the popular kids one day. So, like the title says, Moritz starts selling drugs online (fast) which expands his social circle, but creates exponentially expanding dangers in the form of cops, drug-dealers, and other crime-show complications. Fast, funny, and addictive, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is perfect binge-TV. There's no score from Rotten Tomatoes, but trust me.Rotten Tomatoes Score: NoneTabula Rasa (Belgium, 2017) Intense Belgian mind-fuck Tabula Rasa is criminally under seenIt doesn't have enough online reviews to even have a Rotten Tomatoes ratingbut it's amazing. Main character Kai lost her memory after a car accident. She lives in a perpetual, confusing present in which her mind seems to "fill in the blanks" of her life with horrifying hallucinations. Or maybe her house is haunted. Or maybe she's a killer who murdered a young man like the police think. Maybe someone else is setting her up for something. Maybe none of this is real. Tabula Rasa's "what is even happening?" plot holds up through the final twist, and its grotesque imagery is fascinating. This is a true hidden gem.Rotten Tomato Score: None

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.These days, there are some features that make Bluetooth speakers better than they were just a couple of years ago: USB-C for universal fast charging, hi-res audio playback for great audio quality, charging for other devices, and a built-in speakerphone. The Beats Pill speaker has all these features and more, making it a great modern speaker. It is down to $99.99 (originally $149.95), matching the lowest price it has been since its recent release, according to price-tracking tools. For less than a hundred dollars, this speaker is a steal. Beats Pill Bluetooth Speaker Maximum Output: 100 Watts, Frequency Response: 1 MHz, Connectivity: Bluetooth and USB, Audio: Mono. $99.99 at Amazon $149.95 Save $49.96 Get Deal Get Deal $99.99 at Amazon $149.95 Save $49.96 I've been trying out the Beats Pill speaker since it came out in June, and it has everything I would want in a portable speaker: a stereo sound when connected to another compatible speaker, multi-room mode to play the same music on multiple speakers, the Find My Device feature in case you misplace it, and Class 1 Bluetooth for extended range. This Beats speaker is not just for Apple users, since Android users can also connect to the Bluetooth 5.3, but it only supports AAC and SBC codecs, so there are no Android-friendly codec options that will make the audio pop out. Apple users will get the most out of the Pill, with seamless iOS compatibility for a much smoother experience. You can read about it in more detail on PCMag's "excellent" review.When it comes to battery life, you can expect around 24 hours per charge depending on your use, which is up there with other speakers of its size. The sound is the classic bright Beats sound signature, offering a balanced yet bass-heavy sound. It is rated IP67 for being dust-proof and waterproof, so it can be submerged for up to 30 minutes. The main con for this speaker is that there is no adjustable EQ on the app, but it already comes with a great sound signature.

Newly restored pages on the websites of government agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) now include a disclaimer rejecting "gender ideology," as spotted by 404 Media. The move allows agencies to comply with a recent court order to restore missing webpages, while continuing to push the Trump administration anti-trans executive order that led them to delete those pages in the first place.You can see the disclaimer which lifts language directly from President Trump's order on the FDA's guidance document on the "Study of Sex Differences in the Clinical Evaluation of Medical Products" and a page linking to results from SAHMSA's report on "Behavioral Health of Adolescents across Sexual Identities." Like a lot of the current administration's slapdash attempts to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion, the disclaimer doesn't appear everywhere. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page on "Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines" doesn't include it, for example.The contents of the disclaimer are reproduced below:Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59 PM on February 11, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children, by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women, by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it.Government agencies were first directed to "end all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology" by the Office of Personal Management (OPM) in January, which prompted the webpage takedowns, The Washington Post writes. Doctors of America, represented by Public Citizen, sued OPM and other agencies that took down pages over safety concerns, leading to the order to restore the websites to their original form this month.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/science/trump-administration-adds-note-rejecting-gender-ideology-to-government-websites-220253562.html?src=rss

Elon Musk launched a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI. The Wall Street Journalreported a group of investors led by Musk's xAI submitted an unsolicited offer to the company's board of directors on Monday. The group wants to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI's for-profit arm.When asked for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson pointed Engadget to an X post from CEO Sam Altman. "No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want," Altman wrote on the social media platform Musk owns.On Friday, OpenAI's board of directors officially rejected Musk's bid. "OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition," the company said in a response attributed to Bret Taylor, the chair of OpenAI's board of directors. "Any potential reorganization of OpenAI will strengthen our nonprofit and its mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity."Taylor, incidentally, was the chairman of Twitter's board before Musk bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022."OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition. Any potential reorganization of OpenAI will strengthen our nonprofit and its mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity."Bret Taylor, Chair, on behalf of OpenAI Newsroom (@OpenAINewsroom) February 14, 2025 "Its time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was," Musk said in a statement his attorney shared with The Journal. "We will make sure that happens."OpenAIIt's hard to say how serious this bid from Musk is and what if any chance it has to succeed. OpenAI is not a traditional company, and the nonprofit structure Sam Altman and others at the company want it to get away from may in fact protect it from Musk's offer. Were OpenAI a for-profit company with publicly traded shares Musk's bid would likely trigger what's known in corporate law as a Revlon moment, where, under certain circumstances, the company's board of directors would be forced to sell to the highest bidder to maximize shareholder profits.Update 02/14 4:34PM ET: Added response from OpenAI's board of directors.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-board-unanimously-rejects-elon-musks-974-billion-takeover-bid-215221683.html?src=rss