Matthew Connelly
@mattspast.bsky.social
vice dean of AI initiatives at Columbia; historian of secrecy, the future, and other hard targets.
We’re democratizing access to the raw stuff of history—records once hidden in government offices. We are also sharing the code so anyone can use the same tools to create their own AI archives. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Press Release re Columbia's History Lab Launches Largest-Ever AI Archive9_26_25
Columbia University's History Lab Unveils Revolutionary AI-Powered Archive of 5 Million Declassified Documents First conversational AI interface for exploring decades of CIA, State Department, and int...
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We’re democratizing access to the raw stuff of history—records once hidden in government offices. We are also sharing the code so anyone can use the same tools to create their own AI archives. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Curious about nuclear weapons, covert ops, or govt surveillance?
Now you can ask questions in plain English —no need to guess the "key words."
Now you can ask questions in plain English —no need to guess the "key words."
a nuclear explosion with a huge mushroom cloud coming out of it .
ALT: a nuclear explosion with a huge mushroom cloud coming out of it .
media.tenor.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Curious about nuclear weapons, covert ops, or govt surveillance?
Now you can ask questions in plain English —no need to guess the "key words."
Now you can ask questions in plain English —no need to guess the "key words."
A receivership would have meant replacing the chair of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies with someone who would not answer to its faculty. In a real receivership, faculty are deemed incompetent to govern themselves and are not allowed to vote on personnel and other important decisions.
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A receivership would have meant replacing the chair of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies with someone who would not answer to its faculty. In a real receivership, faculty are deemed incompetent to govern themselves and are not allowed to vote on personnel and other important decisions.
Can I come out now?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/columbia-university-boycott-trump.html
April 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Can I come out now?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/columbia-university-boycott-trump.html
I disagree: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
Opinion | If You’re Boycotting Columbia, Your Priorities Are All Wrong (Gift Article)
Where were these voices when the university was under assault from the Trump administration?
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I disagree: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
We at Columbia -- where layoffs and lab closures have already begun -- are wondering when we will hear some, any, message of support from other universitities.
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We at Columbia -- where layoffs and lab closures have already begun -- are wondering when we will hear some, any, message of support from other universitities.