The fundamental difference between the transmission of knowledge and the accumulation of data: as Steiner wrote, we are moving away from the dominance of the word and entering a phase of increasing silence

An anonymous user wrote on X that the writer had used artificial intelligence to write his Fnac Prize-winning novel. However, the fundamental question remains: when AI cures cancer, will we reject medicines simply because they are not the result of an oncologist’s hard work?

The novel by Nelio Biedermann, a 23-year-old student at the University of Zurich, has topped the German bestseller lists. It is hoped that the book will achieve similar success in Italy.

Three weekly recommendations for exploring comics, film and TV, and games, to help you find your way around the vast universe of pop culture and the stories that are shaping the contemporary imagination. Today: the comic ‘Nanbanjin’, the film ‘Avengers: Endgame – Extra’ and the video game ‘Control Resonant’.

A mysterious statue and an interesting book exploring history and ideas. One wonders whether the AfD, between one remigration programme and the next, have realised they have an African patron saint.

Journalist, essayist, novelist – his path began in childhood with a compliment from his father. “There is something divine in doing, in creating. And if that is missing, it becomes rubbish of little value.” His encounter with García Márquez: “Like him, I practised journalism for eleven years with great dedication and intense enthusiasm”

At the 27th edition of Pordenonelegge, we met the French writer to discuss poetry, politics, science fiction and artificial intelligence: “Me, a prophet? It makes me laugh, but perhaps that’s how it was.”

Rare books, modern antiques and quality publications are the main attractions in Onorato’s ‘room’: ‘I don’t stock titles that feature in the bestseller lists, except for the odd one from Sellerio, for example. Some people come because they’re looking for a particular book and might even find another one whilst they’re here’