Matteo Wong
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Staff writer on science, tech, and health at The Atlantic covering AI. Signal @matteowong.52
I’m informed this is a fairly rare post postscript in an Atlantic newsletter in this week’s issue of Atlantic Intelligence! I felt the occasion warranted it
Third, how Apple writes emails for you—again, which is 2026 and which is 2024:
New game: Guess which announcement about Apple Intelligence is from 2024 and which is from 2026. First up, Siri:
Trump’s new executive order—and the weeks long saga leading up to it—are the meek capstone to a confused two years of the White House’s vision for AI policy, or lack of.
"This intelligent Search box puts our most powerful AI tools right at your fingertips, making it easier to ask your questions." techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/y...
In OpenAI's blog for the GPT-5.5 Instant model, an example is tea recommendations in San Francisco. They are odd. The person likes tea house over boba. But the top rec is Cere Tea which is basically matcha lattes, einspanners, etc—sugary boba, not tea house. Also don't think Cere serves oolong?
Claude Mythos Preview is, of course, a big deal for cybersecurity. But perhaps more importantly, the model brings into stark relief how AI companies are amassing more power and influence than nation-states. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Moltbook is weird and fascinating and scary. It's also a signal about the present-day internet as much, if not more than, a glimpse into its future
Google's new AI shopping tool, "Try it on," will give breasts to George Washington, or really any adult. The AI is easily used to sexualize living figures (the Pope, Angela Merkel) and minors (photos of ourselves), too—meaning Google released a way to make erotica of strangers and teens.
John G. Trump received over $400,000 (some $4 million today) in one 14 year stretch from the NSF. And, according to his final report, he loved the support