Editor in chief @techreview. Formerly BuzzFeed News, formerly WIRED. Pro-California. Hella Frisco. Not super active on this site. Signal me: @mat.911
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mat honan ☀️ retweeted
I'm fascinated by a weird ad for Muse @milkkarten spotted on Instgram, claiming it could help you see who unfollowed you. Which, it can, but that's a feature Instagram has repeatedly said it doesn't want users to have. (Meta has taken down the ad).
A curious tension here: AI agents and social media aren't necessarily playing nice. There's things Muse can do for users that is at the detriment to the health of the social platforms. So what balance does Meta strike to make sure the new shiny thing isn't cannibalizing the old profitable thing?
businessinsider.com/muse-ad-…
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
Even the All-In guys seem to have given up on "super intelligence"
@jdcapelouto
Apparently a lot of other people were busy so I got to go on @KQEDForum today and talk about AI, which was fun
kqed.org/forum/2010101915855…
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
The company has been masterful at storytelling for years. Will the IPO reveal the company behind the mask or lean deeper into the myth-making? trib.al/DSE3op5
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
My new listicle is mental 🤖
"Six Wild Ideas for Perpetuating Your Mind" 🧠
Head Transplant w/Sergio Canavero
Mindclones w/@skybiome
Brain-in-Jar w/Bexorg
Brain Upload w/@NectomeResearch
Gradual Replacement w/@Replacing_Aging
Synthetic Neortex w/@danburonline
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mat honan ☀️ retweeted
Once again. The idea that AI is only improving rapidly in verifiable domains like math is looking suspect.
Exclusive: Another prestigious award has gone to a writer who seems to have used AI as the crisis of trust in the literary world intensifies, @vauhinivara reports: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
I’ve met the guy and gotta say @sundarpichai doesn’t really give off “is a monster” vibes…
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
they're frustrated that they have a lot of money but struggle to get a table at the restaurants popular among the tech/finance set in sf/ny. it's why their ideas always focus on problems that patrons supposedly have with reservations, rather than problems restaurants have
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
1/ We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting [email protected] that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: motherjones.com/media/2026/0…
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
I approached one of these towers to photograph it for a story on border surveillance and its impact on local communities. It swiveled and looked at me and another reporter as we approached it. CBP denied my FOIA for the footage.
azmirror.com/2026/02/19/hidd…
The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight. trib.al/1QJRnP5
Unless the answer to this is an unambiguous yes (and oh boy, it is not that) I do not understand why you would send this email
Our reporters @odonnell_jm & @eileenguo spent the past 15 months investigating deaths along the virtual wall of the southern border. Their investigation reveals that a humanitarian crisis at the border has unfolded in view of the government’s own cameras
technologyreview.com/2026/09…
CBP has never formally examined whether its towers should have caught these deaths. We also have a policy story addressing this.
technologyreview.com/2026/09…
We also partnered with @TimesofSanDiego part of the nonprofit @ASUNEWSWELL team.
Read @LillPerlmutter's devastating report on Graciela Gómez Hernández, who died along the border within view of a General Dynamics surveillance tower
technologyreview.com/2026/09…
