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AI offers transformative potential for sustainable urban development, yet governance and policy gaps hinder its impact. Fragmented decision-making, short-term priorities, and limited citizen engagement undermine long-term resilience. Cities must adopt integrated frameworks, inclusive participation, and ethical standards to ensure AI supports climate adaptation, equity, and sustainable futures.

Cities evolve: Bits meet bricks. Can we bridge the digital-physical divide for smarter, more humane urban spaces?

AI data poisoning: A critical threat. Protect system integrity with robust detection and mitigation strategies.

Brain size shrinks, toxins impair, tech reshapes minds. History reveals our collective cognitive journey, guiding future growth.

Winter wildfires in LA, summer blackouts in Kuwait: Our cities face a new climate reality. Time to rebuild smarter

Rinking our economic ecosystem reveals the need for integrated approaches to sustainability and ethical progress.

Federalizing data to unlock planetary intelligence: Speculative design for a sustainable global superorganism.

The focus on cutting-edge tech must not overshadow social disparities and environmental injustices in urban landscapes.

Communities drive innovation in Iztapalapa's Utopias, turning local knowledge into creative solutions for urban challenges

Restoring flood-damaged photos: Valencia University's initiative shows how preserving memories aids post-disaster recovery.

Iztapalapa's Utopias offer a blueprint for rebuilding: community-driven, multifunctional spaces foster resilience and healing.

The fusion of collective intelligence and powerful AI models like LLMs risks subordinating human agency to technological determinism.

Guardrails are essential for sustaining open social ecosystems, but rigid frameworks can stifle the very freedoms they aim to protect.

Embracing emotional diversity in communities fosters resilience. By honoring all feelings, we create spaces for authentic growth and healing

As we stand on the brink of a new digital frontier, the metaverse promises to revolutionize how we interact, work, and play. This...

Biotech Urbanism fuses nature and technology, reimagining cities as living ecosystems.

Rethinking placemaking through an ecosystem lens - designing urban spaces that prioritize non-human stakeholders

Cities trapped by outdated codes: The urgent need to bridge digital innovation and physical infrastructure for smarter, sustainable cities.

Commodifying innovation hinders breakthroughs, favoring quick wins over transformative technologies.

Cities race ahead digitally but lag physically. Climate change exposes risks of outdated infrastructure. We must innovate in atoms.