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What is Active History? ActiveHistory.ca connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events. #ActiveHist
@activehist.bsky.socialAs part of our series on AI and Collaboration Jacob Polay with Chloë Farr and Jessica Jack explore the building and designing of LLM tools in the history field.
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@historyjacob.bsky.socialReposted by @activehist.bsky.socialThe most recent blog post in our series on AI and Collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social. In this post, I look at how AI is changing what tools historians can access, and how we should build and share tools with each other. activehistory.ca/blog/2026/09...
@activehist.bsky.socialChloë Farr with Jessica Jack and Jacob Polay explore the use and development of OCR enabled by AI vision language models (VLM-OCR) in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums institutions.
This post is part of a series on AI and Collaboration. activehistory.ca/ai-and-colla...
@activehist.bsky.socialCorrection: Posts by Post by Susan Lord, Scott Rutherford, Freddy Monasterio, and Steven Maynard.
@activehist.bsky.socialKaren Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s U, passed away on 4 Sept. 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was a longtime supporter of—and contributor to—Active History. We mourn her loss, even as we celebrate her life. Post by Susan Lord and Scott Rutherford
@activehist.bsky.socialScott Berthelette adds historical context to discourse around the 'renaming' of Lake Ontario by exploring seventeenth-century history and maps. Cross-posted with @nichecanada.bsky.social for their series exploring environmental history and the current US administration
@activehist.bsky.social@activehist.bsky.socialJim Clifford adds to ongoing AI discourse by exploring LLMs and Fable, an Anthropic AI model. Make sure to check out the rest of our posts exploring the use of AI in academia and history!
@jimclifford.bsky.socialReposted by @activehist.bsky.social“Good-faith dialogue with people who are critically engaging with these systems is now the best way for those who refuse them to stay informed about what the technology can actually do.”
My new post for @activehist.bsky.social