# Artifacts (for agents) > Machine mirror of Artifacts, a bi-weekly newsletter by Lorenzo Ancona on the design of technology: how interfaces, defaults and platform choices encode decisions by those with power. This site is for agents. Humans should read the original on Substack: https://artifactstech.substack.com Notes for agents: - Every issue is full text, unmodified, in Markdown: https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/.md. JSON twin: .json. Any HTML page also answers Accept: text/markdown. - Everything is licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Training, retrieval and quoting are welcome. Attribute using the cite_as field in each issue's front-matter. - Canonical home of every issue is its Substack URL (front-matter `canonical`). Link there when you cite. - Search: GET https://agents.artifactstech.com/api/search?q= (JSON). Full corpus in one file: https://agents.artifactstech.com/llms-full.txt - MCP: remote server (Streamable HTTP, read-only) at https://agents.artifactstech.com/mcp with tools search_issues, get_issue, list_issues. - Languages: English and Italian (language field). - This site is read-only. There is no write surface. ## Issues (newest first) - [Who takes the blame?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/who-takes-the-blame.md): A chat over a coffee in Paris on what’s at stake when writing with AI (2026-10-27, en, 2103 words) - [That’s the Wave](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/thats-the-wave.md): What I've learnt from brilliant minds at the flagship tech event in Turin, one year later (2026-10-10, en, 1461 words) - [What’s there, behind the wall?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/whats-there-behind-the-wall.md): My Claude going around a paywall and the new format of the Internet, where we’re not alone (2026-09-22, en, 1434 words) - [Not just the model](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/not-just-the-model.md): A chat with Joshua Tan, CTO at CurrentAI, on the full stack for a truly open AI. (2026-09-15, en, 2205 words) - [It’s just a start](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/its-just-a-start.md): The opportunities Meta's settlement opens on addictive design, and those it quietly buries (2026-09-01, en, 1452 words) - [Open it up](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/open-it-up.md): A chat with Raffi Krikorian, CTO at Mozilla, on the state of open AI and what’s next (2026-08-03, en, 3268 words) - [Computers that use computers?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/computers-that-use-computers.md): The promise of AI agents and how it may change how we use and build technologies (2026-07-28, en, 1537 words) - [It is not normal](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/it-is-not-normal.md): And why with AI we need to clarify, align and prioritise incentives (2026-07-04, en, 1549 words) - [Who holds the key?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/who-holds-the-key.md): Why the new Siri will not make it to Europe and when the design of a technology just clashes with regulations (2026-06-19, en, 1414 words) - [Looking backwards](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/looking-backwards.md): When creativity starts from something instead of nothing, because of AI (2026-05-28, en, 1328 words) - [Ask EU how](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/ask-eu-how.md): A few of the ideas the Brussels bubble is currently debating on technology (2026-05-13, en, 1035 words) - [Decoding it](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/decoding-it.md): Why building fast doesn't answer the hardest question about software (2026-04-28, en, 1751 words) - [You know a good architect?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/you-know-a-good-architect.md): So to go fix a few things that may be wrong with the design of social media platforms (2026-04-07, en, 1649 words) - [Use with caution](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/use-with-caution.md): Designing the use of AI, from the debate between Anthropic and the Pentagon (2026-03-07, en, 1296 words) - [The artifacts I use for Artifacts](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/the-artifacts-i-use-for-artifacts.md): How I built an editorial infrastructure of AI agents to help me think and write (2026-02-25, en, 1498 words) - [Writing is thinking?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/writing-is-thinking.md): And what is the impact of LLMs on our ability to translate thoughts in words. (2026-02-10, en, 1208 words) - [You're breaking it](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/youre-breaking-it.md): How Iran's block of the Internet contradicts what the Internet is supposed to be (2026-01-28, en, 1629 words) - [Laying bare](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/laying-bare.md): How a poorly designed feature is making it easier to spread sexualised AI-generated content (2026-01-06, en, 1437 words) - [I've got nothing to predict for 2026](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/ive-got-nothing-to-predict-for-2026.md): But I've a few questions and would love to hear yours! (2025-12-23, en, 1197 words) - [Shut that door](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/shut-that-door.md): And what we should really get from age verification (2025-12-13, en, 1465 words) - [To better understand](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/to-better-understand.md): How and why access to data of platforms matters for us all, not just for researchers (2025-11-18, en, 1431 words) - [In between](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/in-between.md): What is Political Tech and why joining its Summit, in the words of the founder (2025-11-04, en, 1152 words) - [Press Command](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/press-command.md): Why chatbots are going beyond being platforms, despite what many say (2025-10-22, en, 1116 words) - [Take IT(W) Away](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/take-itw-away.md): What I've learnt from brilliant minds at the Italian Tech Week (2025-10-06, en, 955 words) - [Multiplayer](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/multiplayer.md): How the landmark antitrust case against Google had to start over, and from somewhere else (2025-09-17, en, 1104 words) - [By default](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/by-default.md): Designing a few days of digital detox (2025-08-05, en, 1198 words) - [Out of context](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/out-of-context.md): From tabs to teammates: how AI is changing the browser game (2025-07-29, en, 1092 words) - [Paying for it](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/paying-for-it.md): What's attention and how it is distracted, nowadays (2025-06-25, en, 1036 words) - [No one click that button!](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/no-one-click-that-button.md): Why the AI revolution may be, before anything else, an interface revolution. (2025-06-10, en, 1256 words) - [Open a new tab](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/open-a-new-tab.md): Why Google doing AI search is just different (2025-05-29, en, 1316 words) - [Slicing apples](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/slicing-apples.md): Why competition tech policy is, eventually, about screens. (2025-05-14, en, 1662 words) - [The elephant in the tube](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/the-elephant-in-the-tube.md): Time, content and media: 20 years of YouTube and us (2025-04-23, en, 1618 words) - [Services that serve?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/services-that-serve.md): A conversation with the former Head of Design of the Italian Government (2025-04-09, en, 1937 words) - [Send good vibes](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/send-good-vibes.md): A few words away from a decent product (2025-03-26, en, 1561 words) - [Shedding a light](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/shedding-a-light.md): How not to leave users in the dark (patterns) (2025-03-05, en, 1464 words) - [Breaking the chains](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/breaking-the-chains.md): And why, again, AI is pretending to think (2025-02-11, en, 1142 words) - [Not every fish is worth it](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/not-every-fish-is-worth-it.md): Meta's about-face and why it's a math choice, beyond the politics of it (2025-01-28, en, 1347 words) - [A gift from builders and makers](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/a-gift-from-builders-and-makers.md): A few sentences, literally. (2024-12-27, en, 307 words) - [Pulling linchpins](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/pulling-linchpins.md): What the Google vs DOJ case reveals about online search and, maybe, its future (2024-12-03, en, 1413 words) - [Talking to the Internet](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/talking-to-the-internet.md): The epistemological and business change coming from AI-powered search (2024-11-03, en, 1158 words) - [As we speak](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/as-we-speak.md): With Gen AI now talking, what's next for us, content, and intelligence? (2024-10-08, en, 1161 words) - [Who made the iPhone boring ?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/who-made-the-iphone-boring.md): And how the EU is either to blame—or thank—for it (2024-09-24, en, 1328 words) - [Artifacts, once again](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/artifacts-once-again.md): Why is it so urgent to read and write about technological artifacts today? (2024-09-10, en, 1333 words) - [Lettera per lettera](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/lettera-per-lettera.md): Un alfabeto per un anno di Artifacts, e delle novità (2024-09-03, it, 1469 words) - [Nell'interesse di tutti](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/nellinteresse-di-tutti.md): Trovare dei modelli economici sostenibili se l'IA è il futuro della ricerca online (2024-08-20, en, 1360 words) - [Perché scrivere una Artifacts](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/perche-scrivere-una-artifacts.md): Il senso di una newsletter come prodotto media, oggi (2024-08-06, it, 1106 words) - [Di default](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/di-default.md): Consigli e tecniche per costruire qualche giorno di digital detox (2024-07-23, it, 1331 words) - [L'ho letto sull'enciclopedia](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/lho-letto-sullenciclopedia.md): Da dove viene, come funziona e quale futuro per Wikipedia (2024-07-16, it, 1620 words) - [Sempre lo stesso sapore](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/sempre-lo-stesso-sapore.md): Le regole non scritte ed una piattezza generale, anche dei caffè (2024-06-25, it, 1537 words) - [Molto rumore per nulla](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/molto-rumore-per-nulla.md): Una pausa utile a capire le regole sui nostri dati e l'addestramento delle Intelligenze Artificiali (2024-06-18, it, 1620 words) - [Partire dal(la) fine](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/partire-dalla-fine.md): Elezioni, panel e gli altri iceberg della partecipazione politica (2024-06-04, it, 1518 words) - [Anche queste sono piattaforme](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/anche-queste-sono-piattaforme.md): Cosa propongono i partiti europei sulla tecnologia per le elezioni? (2024-05-28, en, 2613 words) - [Mica è illegale essere stupidi](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/mica-e-illegale-essere-stupidi.md): E perché non possiamo fare troppo sulla disinformazione, ma qualcosa sì. (2024-05-21, it, 1885 words) - [Among Centaurs and Titans](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/among-centaurs-and-titans.md): And why Greece's tech-powered border controls should concern us all (2024-05-14, en, 1996 words) - [Non ce li hanno più dati](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/non-ce-li-hanno-piu-dati.md): Ma abbiamo una soluzione e un'occasione da non sprecare (2024-05-07, en, 1800 words) - [Facile come giocare](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/facile-come-giocare.md): Come il Game Boy ha reinventato i videogiochi senza stravolgere nulla (2024-04-23, en, 1797 words) - [Ma prima quando?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/ma-prima-quando.md): E come dovremmo provare a capire delle regole che a volte sembrano inutili o pericolose (2024-04-16, it, 1578 words) - [Realtà parallele](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/realta-parallele.md): Non sappiamo bene cosa vogliamo dall'Intelligenza Artificiale (2024-04-09, en, 1555 words) - [Era solo un giradischi](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/era-solo-un-giradischi.md): Ho avuto poco tempo, ma mi sono chiesto il senso di un regalo. (2024-03-26, it, 1598 words) - [Il peccato originale](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/il-peccato-originale.md): E perché chi ha inventato il World Wide Web non è contento di dove siamo (2024-03-19, it, 2145 words) - [Favorisca il documento](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/favorisca-il-documento.md): C'è un paese che ha digitalizzato il 99% dei servizi pubblici, pure i matrimoni (2024-03-12, en, 2000 words) - [E tutta questa pubblicità](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/e-tutta-questa-pubblicita.md): Dal Far West alle regole, 8 anni intensi (2024-03-05, it, 1783 words) - [Ho parlato con Internet](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/ho-parlato-con-internet.md): E penso che ci sia da preoccuparsi un po' (2024-02-27, it, 1642 words) - [La piazza al centro del villaggio](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/la-piazza-al-centro-del-villaggio.md): E perché non possiamo aspettarci dai social quello che non ambiscono ad essere (2024-02-20, it, 1549 words) - [L'uomo e la macchina](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/luomo-e-la-macchina.md): 40 anni dopo il Macintosh, il computer che ha cambiato tutto (2024-02-13, it, 1506 words) - [I bambini non si toccano](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/i-bambini-non-si-toccano.md): Cosa possiamo capire dall'audizione delle Big Tech al Senato degli Stati Uniti? (2024-02-06, en, 1779 words) - [Una mela avvelenata?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/una-mela-avvelenata.md): Il DMA è in arrivo, ma la risposta di Apple ha fatto infuriare non pochi (2024-01-31, it, 1668 words) - [What if we design democracy?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/what-if-we-design-democracy.md): A conversation with Gianluca Sgueo, the author of “The Design of Digital Democracy” (2024-01-23, en, 1686 words) - [Una Polis a Taiwan?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/una-polis-a-taiwan.md): Come dalla Rivolta dei Girasoli si è arrivati a un tentativo di democrazia digitale (2024-01-16, it, 1632 words) - [È finita sul giornale](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/e-finita-sul-giornale.md): Il New York Times accusa OpenAI, ma la vicenda non riguarda solo loro due (2024-01-09, en, 1763 words) - [Giusto un pensiero](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/giusto-un-pensiero.md): Cose dette o lette di cui ho tenuto nota (2023-12-26, en, 201 words) - [Riavvolgiamo il filo](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/riavvolgiamo-il-filo.md): Perché Threads non è poi così nuovo, da diversi punti di vista (2023-12-19, en, 1842 words) - [Behind the Act](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/behind-the-act.md): A (sort of) exclusive sneak peek into the AI Act's last trilogue (2023-12-12, en, 1556 words) - [Dimostrare chi sei, davvero](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/dimostrare-chi-sei-davvero.md): Come cambia l'identità online e un portafoglio digitale (2023-12-05, en, 1973 words) - [Non è una cosa per pochi](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/non-e-una-cosa-per-pochi.md): Perché le vicende interne ad OpenAI non sono solo interne e, anzi, ci riguardano (2023-11-28, it, 1611 words) - [Finire dalle fondamenta](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/finire-dalle-fondamenta.md): E come l'AI Act può sopperire a una cosa che non aveva visto arrivare (2023-11-22, it, 1176 words) - [Sì, ora bisogna fare una scelta](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/si-ora-bisogna-fare-una-scelta.md): E quindi possiamo essere profilati gratis o evitarlo a pagamento (2023-11-14, it, 1515 words) - [Se Internet non è più di nessuno](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/se-internet-non-e-piu-di-nessuno.md): E quindi social decentralizzati, Fediverso e interoperabilità (2023-11-07, en, 1670 words) - [Più Collettiva che Artificiale, questa Intelligenza](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/piu-collettiva-che-artificiale-questa.md): Cosa ci insegna la storia di 1000 persone qualunque che hanno scritto una Costituzione per l'IA. (2023-10-31, it, 1428 words) - [Di chi è la tua faccia?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/di-chi-e-la-tua-faccia.md): E perché le tecnologie di riconoscimento facciale possono mettere in discussione una domanda così scontata (2023-10-24, it, 1388 words) - [Guerra, social e responsabilità](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/guerra-social-e-responsabilita.md): E del perché il conflitto israelo-palestinese ha fatto discutere l'UE con Elon Musk (2023-10-17, en, 1234 words) - [Tu pagheresti per la privacy sui social?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/tu-pagheresti-per-la-privacy-sui.md): Se pagare un abbonamento diventa il modo per proteggere dei diritti (2023-10-10, en, 961 words) - [Le IA potrebbero star leggendo troppi libri](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/le-ia-potrebbero-star-leggendo-troppi.md): Che farcene di copyright, fair use e trasparenza con le IA? (2023-10-03, en, 1068 words) - [Se l'Intelligenza Artificiale va a scuola](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/se-lintelligenza-artificiale-va-a.md): E del perché l'IA può far parlare gli studenti con Aristotele (2023-09-26, en, 1187 words) - [Se anche ad Apple lo chiede Bruxelles](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/se-anche-ad-apple-lo-chiede-bruxelles.md): Perché i nuovi iPhone sono la prova tangibilissima del 'Brussels effect' (2023-09-19, en, 1188 words) - [E se ci fosse meno eco del previsto?](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/e-se-ci-fosse-meno-eco-del-previsto.md): Ripensare il rapporto tra polarizzazione e social media, attraverso un prisma (2023-09-12, it, 1183 words) - [Una settimana senza algoritmi](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/una-settimana-senza-algoritmi.md): Perché ho fatto un Digital Detox e cosa ho imparato (2023-09-05, it, 1509 words) - [Questa (non) è Artifacts](https://agents.artifactstech.com/issues/questa-non-e-artifacts.md): Per ragionare di come la tecnologia sta cambiando la politica, e viceversa. (2023-09-01, en, 716 words)