AI historiographies
Project

What is AI? How can it histories be archived? AI historiographies explores approaches to documenting, archiving and reconstructing the various material histories, software ecosystems and use cultures of AI services and agents.
Building on platform and app historiography, the project gathers and analyses heterogeneous materials to look at archival footprints of AI companies, agentic architectures, feature historiographies and more.
Further details about the project can be found at:
- AI historiography - project page from Digital Methods Summer School 2026
- Exploring AI historiographies and chatbot materialities in Amsterdam, 9th July 2026 - blog post on Summer School project