The library
The library
The reference shelf behind the timeline. Where the record tells you what happened, the library hands you the primary material: the documents themselves, the words people used, and where to keep reading. Everything links out to the original.
115 documents
Papers that made AI
The documents behind the era — research papers, system cards, open letters, essays, laws and rulings — each with its first page.
“OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board ... We've found other agents!”— An OpenAI evaluation agent, 2026
105 quotes
An oral history of AI
The era in its own words: what the builders, critics, lawmakers — and the machines themselves — actually said, each traced to where they said it.
43 newsletters
Newsletters to follow
Where to keep up: daily digests, technical deep-dives, policy trackers and essayists, with who writes them and what they watch.
42 books
Books about AI
The longer reads — the arguments, histories and reported accounts that shaped how people think about the technology.