Two updates this week: a major new Spanish-language curriculum, and under-the-hood improvements to how the AI responds to questions.
Estudios de la Mujer is our second Spanish-language curriculum, focused on feminism and gender with a strong Latin American perspective. This isn't a translation of the English Women's Studies — it's original content built around issues specific to Latin America.
Topics include:
Plus foundational theory: ¿Qué es el Feminismo?, Interseccionalidad, and El Feminismo Latinoamericano.
This brings Spanish content on Public Studies to two full curricula (alongside Estudios Latinos).
We've tuned the AI system prompt to produce sharper, more direct answers. Two key changes:
1. Banned hedging patterns. The AI is now explicitly told not to use phrases like "it could be argued," "some might say," "arguably," or clauses that soften claims before making them. This was the biggest source of vague, academic-sounding filler.
2. Required specificity. Every point must now include a concrete example — a name, a date, an event. No more floating abstractions.
The difference is noticeable. Here's a before/after on the same question:
This applies to all expertise levels. Introductory answers are still accessible, but they're concrete. Advanced answers go deeper, but they don't hedge.
Current totals across the Quarex ecosystem: