AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control

Generative AI (GenAI) is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, such as text, images or ideas, by learning patterns from existing data. GenAI, particularly through large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek, is quickly becoming an integral part of everyday urban design research and practice.