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Building a better beta that respects creatives.

New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci, addressed the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee on Big Tech Copyright Infringement in one of the most eloquent and powerful six-minute rebukes of unethical AI and generative AI (GAI) usage. And for every word, we couldn't agree more.

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Tsahai Banks
Founder · Jul 22, 2025 · 4 min read
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From the founder·May 14, 2026·7 min read

The author at the center: notes from year one.

What we've learned building a studio where the writer, not the model, drives every decision about voice, contribution, and disclosure.

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From the founder·Feb 03, 2026·6 min read

Why our writing platform needed to exist.

A writing workspace that remembers who the author is. A short letter on what we are building, and the throughline that runs through every keystroke.

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From the studio·May 28, 2026·9 min read

When AI without human oversight goes wrong: the citation crisis in academic publishing.

Fabricated references are now appearing in peer-reviewed journals at unprecedented rates. We unpack the causes, and the editorial discipline that prevents them.

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From the studio·May 07, 2026·8 min read

Hallucinated sources are getting work retracted. Here's what we tell our authors.

A practical field guide for researchers and dissertation candidates on verifying AI-surfaced citations before they ever touch a manuscript.

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From the studio·Apr 18, 2026·6 min read

The auditable record: how every Read Write X manuscript stays defensible.

Inside the disclosure file we ship alongside every project: what it contains, why committees and publishers care, and how it protects an author's name.

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From the studio·Mar 22, 2026·5 min read

Voice training, not voice cloning.

How we tune an AI assistant to your prose without flattening it, and the red lines we won't cross, regardless of what the tool can technically do.

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News·Mar 04, 2026·2 min read

Founding cohort of authors and researchers now open for 2026.

We're taking on a limited number of book, dissertation, and long-form research projects starting this summer. Applications are open.

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