The Protocol Institute is launching PiBoWriMo 2026, a November book-writing initiative to accelerate the publication of protocol-themed books following four years of growing community engagement and research momentum. The program aims to transform the existing energy from the Summer of Protocols program and protocol fiction movement into a new wave of book-length works on protocol science and related topics.
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The Protocol Symposium 2026 officially launches with parallel workshops and 50+ talks exploring how AI and protocols are reshaping planetary conditions under the theme 'New Nature.' The event brings together researchers and practitioners to investigate the emerging technological landscape governed by novel rules at the intersection of artificial intelligence and protocol science.
Venkatesh Rao
The Protocol Institute is building itself around AI adoption, using bots like C3PO and Humboldt to handle research discovery and organizational tasks rather than traditional human-led infrastructure. The organization's approach treats AI tool proliferation as a generative process, allowing practical patterns to emerge through experimentation rather than top-down design.
Timber Stinson-Schroff
The Jamverse Jam worldbuilding contest closes today, July 31, offering creators a final chance to submit artifacts for a shared extended universe based on four interconnected story cycles published over the past year. The contest aims to expand this protocol fiction world with community contributions, with AI use encouraged, to create a richer and more complex narrative universe inspired by Fred Pohl's concept of predicting the traffic jam rather than the automobile.
Venkatesh Rao