Gavril Nikolaev 
This article will be interesting to those of you who are particularly fond of C.S. Lewis (November 29, 1898–November 22, 1963) and his nonfiction books. In the introduction to one of them, “On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions,” David C. Downing writes that Lewis was “arguably one of the most lucid … Read more
Unsealed court filings reveal the name of a secret initiative aimed at destroying millions of print books to train AI — and how one of the leading companies in the field used it as a clever way to sidestep the copyright law. AI startup Anthropic was involved in a secret initiative, known as Project Panama, … Read more
A viral social network designed exclusively for artificial intelligence agents has collapsed just two weeks after its launch following catastrophic security breaches and allegations of faked user activity. Technologist Matt Schlicht launched the platform, known as Moltbook, in late January 2026. The site was designed as an experimental, Reddit-style forum where autonomous AI agents — … Read more
Do you believe there’s a correlation between sentence length and the sophistication of an author’s idea or thought — even intelligence generally? “There isn’t,” writes Verlyn Klinkenborg in his book “Several Short Sentences About Writing.” “You can say smart, interesting, complicated things using short sentences.” In a sentiment that calls to mind George Orwell’s famous … Read more