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The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars

Culture

The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars

“Ooooh, a jar, a tiny little jar,” the overlapping voices of the popular social audio say in a hushed, awed tone, evoking an intrusive thought. “Keep the jar with the other jars.” Jess Lynch, an artist in Toronto, made the audio on a whim. Among her friends, she’s known as the one whose dishwasher is […]

Can the internet survive rogue AI?

Tech

Can the internet survive rogue AI?

The internet may no longer be solely the domain of humans. Last week, OpenAI disclosed an “unprecedented cyberincident”: An experimental AI agent successfully hacked its way into the open internet. Specifically, the agent was assigned a task; in order to complete it, the agent broke out of an isolated research environment and hacked into…

Lit Hub Daily: July 31, 2026

Culture

Lit Hub Daily: July 31, 2026

July’s best book covers center stretched, blurred, and otherwise distorted images. | Lit Hub Design “What if I admitted to myself that my claims on middle class respectability were tenuous at best, and inside me was the scared little girl

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