by admin | Apr 6, 2026 | Advice & How-To |
The machines are already improving themselves. You just have not been told how fast.
In the spring of 2026, Claude began writing between seventy and ninety percent of the code used to train its own next version. AlphaEvolve spent over a year optimizing the training process for the very models that powered it, recovering enough wasted compute across Google’s global fleet to power a small country’s worth of servers. OpenAI’s Codex debugged the training pipeline that produced it. And a 630-line Python script showed that anyone with a single GPU could run autonomous AI research experiments overnight.
“AI Builds Itself” is the first comprehensive survey of recursive self-improvement as it exists right now. Written by H. Peter Alesso, an author with deep expertise in AI systems, web intelligence, and emerging technology, this book maps the full landscape: the organizations driving the science, the technical architectures that make self-improvement possible, the billion-dollar startups founded by the architects of AlphaGo and GPT-4, and the safety researchers warning that the feedback loops powering progress are the same loops that could outrun human oversight.
This book is for technology professionals, AI researchers, policymakers, investors, and informed general readers who want to understand the most consequential technological development of the decade, not through speculation or hype, but through documented evidence, cited research, and careful analysis of what the leading minds in the field are actually building.
You will learn how AlphaEvolve discovers algorithms that outperform fifty-six-year-old mathematical records. How the Darwin Godel Machine rewrites its own source code and evaluates whether the rewritten version is better at rewriting itself. How Karpathy’s AutoResearch framework turns plain-language instructions into an overnight autonomous research laboratory. How Constitutional AI attempts to keep self-improving systems aligned with human values. And why the AI 2027 forecast, graded at sixty-five percent of its predicted pace, still projects transformative change within the next eighteen months.
One appendix with a working implementation you can run yourself. A comprehensive glossary and bibliography. No hype. No science fiction. Just the clearest account available of what is happening inside the world’s most advanced AI laboratories and what it means for everyone outside them.
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by Philip Eliot | Apr 4, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
I was running out of options. Jobless, hungry, and exhausted, with no clue what to do next.Then help came in the form of a business card.Bite: an underground blood agency matching consenting donors with vampires willing to pay a premium for live feedings.One bite may not be so bad. It could fix a lot of my problems.But then one bite turns into two, and the next thing I know I’m standing at a donor gala, catching the eye of the most powerful man in the room.James Devereaux, vampire king of the Northeast. A vamp who never drinks from the same human twice.Until me.He offers a deal I can’t refuse: a year as his exclusive donor in exchange for enough money to set me up for life.There’s just one catch– it isn’t only my blood he wants.Bite is a dark modern vampire romance that includes scenes and situations that may be triggering for some readers. If you’re unsure or unfamiliar with dark romance, please review the full list of trigger warnings inside this book before reading. This standalone novel has no cliffhangers and guarantees a happily-ever-after (HEA) for the main characters.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 28, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Get ready to binge a mystery thriller series that feeds your faith as much as your love for solving crimes.If you crave page-turning suspense without the gore… if you love unraveling twisty small-town secrets with a hero who wrestles with his past but leans on his faith… then the Angus Reid Mysteries are exactly what you’ve been searching for.Set in the fictional Maine coastal town of Weyport, this bestselling Christian mystery thriller series follows Sheriff Angus Reid—a man torn between justice and grace—as he investigates crimes that shake the community he’s sworn to protect.Each book delivers a satisfying mystery packed with emotional depth, moral tension, and a biblical thread of redemption that will leave you both breathless and inspired. BONUS: Start with the FREE prequel novellaBefore Book 1, download the FREE Angus Reid prequel novella—a gripping bonus story that adds depth to Angus’s world and sets the stage for what’s to come. Link inside!This box set includes:Book 1: Jacob’s WellBook 2: Daniel’s OilBook 3: Caleb’s CrossBonus Free Series PrequelBook Club Discussion Questions (book 1)Inside you’ll find:? gripping, twist-filled investigations? small-town secrets and buried guilt? clean suspense with real danger and stakes? faith and redemption woven through the tension? a sheriff who refuses to compromise when truth matters mostIf you enjoy authors like Patricia Bradley, Lynette Eason, Carrie Stuart Parks, and Terri Blackstock, you’ll love the Angus Reid Mysteries.Start reading today—and experience the series readers call unputdownable, powerful, and deeply stirring.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 19, 2026 | Dark Romance |
READY TO BINGE? This is the complete AMAZON BESTSELLING SERIES, Vincent and Eve
Rising
All I want is to leave my crime-ridden shadow of a home in New York City. I’ve done everything I can to keep my head down and focus on my studies. College is my only goal; love has never been on the map…
That is, until my sister brings me to an underground fight, where I meet a gorgeous and mysterious man: Vincent.
He is the ghost in my shadows, showing up to feed me pieces of his upper-crust life, then evaporating into darkness until his next visit. I’m falling hard and fast. How can I trust him amidst the depth of his secrets?
Vincent may be even more dangerous than the dark world I’m trying to escape.
Reckoning
Vincent: Forgetting about Eve was the plan. Finding her at a party on my college campus was the last thing I expected.
My world has turned into a house of cards, where one wrong move can send it all crashing down…and us with it.
Eve: Finally at a prestigious university—and on the path to living my dreams—I’ve left the darkness of the Blue Houses behind. Still, a whole new host of problems await me.
Vincent is the king of the school. I thought I wanted to know what he was hiding, but unlocking his biggest secret leads me into entirely new territory laced with danger and lust…one I’m not sure I’ll survive.
Redemption
Vincent
Through every drop of blood I spilled, I lost a piece of my soul. I’ve sacrificed seven long years and the woman of my life for the Family. But I’m not done fighting—not yet.
Eve is still out there. I will stop at nothing to get her back.
Eve
After having my heart torn out by the son of the biggest crime family in New York, I was forced to start over in California. With three thousand miles between me and my past, life is finally set on cruise control.
As for love? It’s not worth the fight.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 15, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
***WINNER: Best Psychological Thriller in the 2023 Best Thrillers Book Awards!***DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST GRIPPING NEW THRILLERS YOU’LL READ THIS YEAR.A father will do anything to keep his daughters safe. But the phone lines are down. The roads are blocked. And the woman in the cabin is hiding a terrible secret . . .This camping trip is Chris’s last chance to repair his relationship with his daughters, Kayla and Emma. Nothing’s been the same since they lost their mom. But things go wrong as soon as they get to the mountains.When they make camp, nine-year-old Emma runs off into the woods. By the time they find her, there’s a snowstorm rolling in. And Emma’s leg is badly broken. They need to find shelter, fast.They think they’re safe when they come across an old farmstead. The woman inside welcomes them in from the howling blizzard and straps up Emma’s leg.They settle down for the night, but when Chris wakes at dawn and looks over . . . Emma is gone.And this family’s nightmare is only just beginning.An utterly breathtaking thriller perfect for fans of Harlen Coben, Gregg Olsen, Mary Kubica, Lisa Jackson and Stephen King’s Misery.Set in the stunning wilderness of the Colorado Flat Tops, this addictive thriller packed with shocking twists will make you question everything you think you know about family.Readers are OBSESSED with The Girls in the Cabin:????? ‘OMG Caleb Stephens has totally outdone himself this time! OMG I absolutely loved it!’ Janalyn????? ‘This novel is a true tour-de-force, delivering a thrilling and suspenseful ride that will leave you breathless . . . gripping and unforgettable.’ Reviewer 1160518????? ‘PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER TO THE HILT! Caleb Stephens leaves no detail unturned.’ Christy????? ‘The twists and turns in this exceptional psychological thriller guide the story to a staggering finale.’ Ron B.????? ‘Holy moly! This was a crazy read that keeps you on your toes the entire way through wondering what’s coming next!’ Lauren B.????? ‘I haven’t read a book this frightening, sad and hopeful (at the same time!)in . . . well, ever I think.’ Michelle????? ‘Wow. This was massively suspenseful and intense . . . Chilling and freakishly scary, edge of your seat and hold your breath.’ Caroline????? ‘A great thriller! It kept me reading and then a big twist I didn’t see coming!’ Kimberly????? ‘The characters were very well written with flaws that are so real . . . I love a great thriller and I ABSOLUTELY love this one.’ Laura F.Caleb Stephens is an author writing from somewhere deep in the Colorado mountains. His dark fiction collection If Only a Heart and Other Tales of Terror is available through Salt Heart Press and includes the short story The Wallpaper Man, which was adapted to film by Falconer Film & Media in 2022. He is also the author of Feeders, a speculative horror thriller available through Timber Ghost Press.
