Matt Reynolds
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Matt Reynolds
@mattreynolds.bsky.social
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Director of Communications at Forecasting Research Institute // [email protected] // Previously @wired.com‬ @newscientist.com‬
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Great to see our report on LLM-enabled biorisk covered in the latest issue of The Economist: www.economist.com/briefing/202...
As always, Matt made this pice 10x better – digging up new info and making everything watertight. Gonna miss working with him!
One of my favorite pieces to fact check at @wired.com, involving polo, billionaires, scouring YouTube for old matches at the Campo Argentino del Polo & thousands of pages of court documents and trial transcripts. Plus, being able to work with @mattreynolds.bsky.social.
My final piece for @wired.com

A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.

Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.

www.wired.com/story/clonin...
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A lucrative scheme to clone the world's best polo pony turned into the sport's biggest scandal after a shady deal aboard a superyacht in the Bahamas.

It's about patrimony, jealousy and lots and lots of money.

Photographs by Gabriella Angotti-Jones
My final piece for @wired.com

A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.

Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.

www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
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I'm really excited to get stuck into some fascinating science that could really shape how the future turns out. Let's go!
Also, I'd love to talk to people who work in those industries—and beyond—who can benefit from the science of forecasting. Let's chat!

[email protected]
If you're a journalist who covers AI, tech, or policy and want to know more you reach me on [email protected]
Some *personal news*

I'm the new Director of Communications at
@Research_FRI

I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.
I have two gift subscriptions to the London Review of Books to give away! Shout if you want one (I have run out of friends to foist them on)

Am assuming you have to be UK-based
New: Mississippi's bill banning cultivated meat has now passed in law, without the governor's signature. Will come into effect on July 1

I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago

www.wired.com/story/missis...
Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat
Three states have now passed legislation making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or distribute cultivated meat.
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@lindseyburbank.bsky.social Hi Lindsay – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Could you follow back so we can dm?