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Matteo Wong

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
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Sep 4, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Matteo Wong

    OpenAI Wants to Talk About The Federalist Papers (opens the original)

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    Late last month, OpenAI launched a rather grand mission: nothing less than defending individual political freedom in an age of all-powerful machines. The company’s “Strategic Futures” team has styled itself, in a sense, as inheriting the task of America’s Founding Fathers: “We labor in service of the ideals of free expression and individual liberty that are enshrined in the humble parchment of the U.S. Constitution,” Dean Ball, the team’s leader, wrote in a new OpenAI blog post. (The post opens

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel

    The Singularity Is Not What It Seems (opens the original)

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    One evening in early August, Sam Stowers and several neighbors packed into an apartment near San Francisco’s Alamo Square and pondered the beginning of the end. Stowers and his guests, many of whom work in the AI industry, were gathered to watch a newly released YouTube video in which two OpenAI researchers divulged new details about an alarming cybersecurity breach. Perhaps this would have been an odd way to spend a weeknight were they not in San Francisco, in a neighborhood that is filled with

  3. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Matteo Wong

    The AI Backlash Gets Professional (opens the original)

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    If there’s one thing America seems to agree on, it’s AI. Some three-quarters of Americans oppose a data center being built in their area, three-quarters of Americans think AI will hurt their job security, nearly 70 percent think the technology is advancing too quickly—the polls go on. Progressive and Republican candidates alike are bashing the tech industry to win primary elections. States and cities are halting plans for data-center development. Yet in cloistered San Francisco, where I live, st

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Matteo Wong

    Another Pot of Paint Thrown in the Public’s Face (opens the original)

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    For several months, something discomfiting has been creeping onto San Francisco’s lampposts, bulletin boards, and restaurant windows: more and more signs, for run clubs and a July 4 parade and tacos, all of which are obviously entirely produced by generative AI. This bothers me terribly. (Friends have called it a fixation.) But why does it bother me? A ChatGPT-generated poster for a garage sale seems legitimately dispiriting compared with a handwritten flyer, or even a haphazardly formatted Word

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Matteo Wong

    Are You Sure You Want a Car With a Giant Touch Screen? (opens the original)

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    New drivers may never have to learn how to parallel park. At least not the old-fashioned way. Many new cars—a Ford Mustang Mach-E, a BMW sedan, a Tesla Cybertruck—will just maneuver into a spot for you with a click of a button. Even a decade-old Toyota Corolla has a backup camera and pedestrian detection. Cars that leave you to park all on your own are a dying breed: Any car manufactured after April 30, 2018, for sale in the United States is legally required to have a backup camera and, thus, a

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