Inside the Black Box newsletter by Arshavir Blackwell: latest issues, cadence and price
by Arshavir Blackwell · Substack · Free · weekly · last issue Nov 6, 2026 · Active
I open AI models, and make them write in my voice. I've been building them for 30+ years. Get experiments run on my own hardware, what's going on inside these systems, and how to tune a model to sound like you, not like.
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Fri Nov 61 issue
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Sun Nov 11 issue
Sun Oct 251 issue
Sat Oct 241 issue
Mon Oct 191 issue
Fri Oct 162 issues
Thu Oct 151 issue
Wed Oct 141 issue
Mon Oct 122 issues
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Mon Oct 51 issue
Mon Sep 281 issue
Mon Sep 211 issue
Mon Sep 141 issue
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Fri Aug 281 issue
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Wed Aug 191 issue
Wed Aug 121 issue
38 issues on file since Mar 30, 2026; every one is in its own archive ↗.
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