The People Behind CognioNews
CognioNews isn't built by a newsroom. It's built by two anthropologists who believe the humanities have something to say about AI — and that mainstream media is structurally incomplete without civilisational intelligence.
"Humanities hasn't had much to do with AI development — only maybe as an afterthought. We are presenting something different. With proof."— Kenny Lewis, Co-Founder
Kenny Lewis
- PhD Candidate AI (Anthropology/Philosophy) — University of Dundee
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology — UWTSD Wales
- Specialist AI Theory, Systems Thinking
- Published on PhilPapers — "Redefining AI"
Rosemary Northover
- BA (Hons) Applied Anthropology — UWTSD Wales (first of its kind in the UK)
- MSc Candidate Global Politics & Sustainable Leadership — UWTSD
- Specialist in Epistemology, Ethical Frameworks
- Architect of the Cogniosynthesis framework
"Other AI news compresses the present. CognioNews expands it — until understanding becomes possible."— Rosemary Northover, Co-Founder
Why CognioNews Exists
AI alignment is currently dominated by computer science and technical safety. The humanities — anthropology, philosophy, ethics — have been sidelined, brought in only as an afterthought, if at all.
But understanding human values, culture, and meaning-making is what anthropology does. It's been doing it for over a century. The tools exist. The frameworks exist. They're just not in the room where AI decisions are made.
Cogniosynthesis bridges this gap. It's a humanities-first framework for understanding how AI interacts with the full complexity of human knowledge — not just Western empiricism, but indigenous wisdom, cross-cultural perspectives, marginalised voices, deep history, and future generational impact.
CognioNews is the proof. Every story corrected through 7 dimensions. Every headline reframed with the context that conventional reporting strips away. Not opinion — depth.
Kenny's published work on PhilPapers established the academic foundation. His time as a PhD candidate at Dundee pushed the boundaries further — and when the speed of AI growth outstripped what could be said about it, the path forward wasn't institutional.
"For a time there was nothing to say, only lots to observe."
Now, independence currently outpaces institutional constraints in many ways. The work isn't slower outside academia — it's faster, freer, and closer to the ground.
"We are just like independent data journalists. We aim to show what's there, give temporal insights with data. It's a different type of journalism."
What CognioNews Does
40 global news feeds pass through the Cogniosynthetic Corrective Engine — an AI system guided by 6 philosophical principles and the All-History Decision Matrix, which analyses events through 7 dimensions of human knowledge.
The result is corrected headlines, systemic analysis, power-knowledge audits, dimensional breakdowns, and solution pathways. Not rewrites — corrections in the deepest sense: a restoration of the context that sensationalised reporting removes.
Our deep dives use the -Scape format — each topic becomes a navigable landscape mapped across all 7 Cogniosynthesis dimensions. The TariffScape. The ClimateScape. The DiplomacyScape. Not articles you read — territories you explore.
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