Frequently asked questions
About PIPress
What is PIPress? Parallel Intelligent Press: open, neutral scientific data infrastructure for AI. It takes research (papers, patents, protocol changes, technical work) and turns it into a form both people and machines can read, verify and build on, then keeps that form up to date as the field moves. It is not a paper database, an AI writing tool, or a submission system with a chatbot attached.
What is scientific data infrastructure for AI? The layer that turns research into a continuous, verifiable, machine-readable record rather than only a final document, so that people and AI systems alike can discover, use and cite it.
What does AI-native publishing mean? AI is embedded throughout the workflow, from discovery and writing to review, publication and reuse. It is not a chatbot added to a traditional publishing system.
Does AI replace scholarly judgment? No. PIPress uses AI to support continuous research and publishing work, reduce repetitive effort and provide structured analysis. Researchers stay responsible for their work, and journals keep final scholarly judgment.
Is PIPress only about AI? It starts with Intelligent Science and Technology: foundational AI, intelligent systems, industrial and physical AI, real-world applications such as AI for science and AI for education, and blockchain and cryptography. Two tracks today, Blockchain and AI & Tech, and it is built to expand to other fields.
What can I do here as a researcher? Build an evolving research profile, get research intelligence chosen for you, discover new questions, and write reviews, reports, proposals, papers and patent drafts, from first idea to submission.
What about journals? A journal workspace is coming soon. There is a waitlist.
Claims
What is a Claim? A single research conclusion, written once in a structured way and attached to its source, its evidence, its authors and its publication record. A paper is a container; a Claim is the conclusion itself, in a form that can be looked up, checked, linked and read by software. See Reading Claims.
Who writes the Claims? Nobody hand-picks them. PIPress reads public sources continuously and runs each item through a sequence of automated checks, each of which can reject what came before. Only what survives becomes a Claim.
What does the percentage mean? How much the finding actually changes things: a ratified, deployed change scores high; an early idea scores low. It is not a quality grade. The tier letter (A to D) is the same score in four bands.
Why is a Claim I care about ranked below one I don't? The front page is kept balanced on purpose. When one subject would fill the top positions, Claims from other areas are moved up so the page represents the whole field. Use By Score if you want the pure ranking, or For You for your own.
Can Claims be wrong? Yes. Every Claim shows its sources, its counter view and what remains unknown so you can judge. Claims are revised as new information arrives, and every revision is kept. Use Flag on a Claim to tell us about a problem.
Can I cite a Claim? Every Claim has a permanent address and, once published to Nostr, a copy on an open network. Cite the address, and check the primary sources it lists.
Accounts and privacy
Do I need an account? Not to read. An account is needed for the personal feed, PI, your library and emails. Accounts are free.
What is a Nostr key and why would I use one? A key pair that is your identity on an open network. PIPress can create one for you. With it, your reactions, comments and zaps are signed by you and live on that network, not only here. The secret key is your account: keep it safe, nobody can recover it.
Does PIPress see my papers? Your library is private. PI reads it to answer you and to check new Claims against your work. Library papers are never published as Claims.
Can I delete things? Conversations, uploaded files, library papers, research questions and reports can each be deleted from where they are listed. Deleting a conversation keeps the documents PI wrote in it.
Using PI
Do I have to learn commands?
No. Plain language works for everything. Commands are shortcuts; type / to see them.
Where do PI's answers come from? From the published Claims first, then your own library, and from the web only when you say so. PI always shows which. See Working with PI.
Can PI write my paper? It can write a full draft with references from the Claim network and your library, checked for structure, figures and equations, and typeset to PDF or LaTeX. What you submit is your responsibility; read it.
Which AI model does it use? Your choice, from the model picker in the composer. The pick applies to chats and to the documents PI writes for you.
Plans and money
What is free? Reading everything, an account, PI, your library, the personal feed and the emails. The Free plan has a limited weekly usage allowance.
What do paid plans change? How much you can do each week and which models you can use. No feature is locked to a plan. Prices are on the pricing page.
What is a credit? The unit usage is measured in, matching what the AI models actually cost to run. Your allowance is paced weekly and resets every Monday.
Can I pay as I go instead? Yes. Top up a wallet balance (minimum $10) under Settings → Billing. With a subscription, the plan's allowance is used first and the wallet covers anything beyond it.
What is a zap? A small Lightning payment attached to a Claim, sent from a wallet you connect or by scanning a QR code. It goes to the platform, and it is the strongest signal your personal feed learns from.