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Press kit · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
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Founded
2024
Headquarters
Marco Island, FL
Founder
Atom McCree
Team size
One operator
Funding
Self-funded · no investors
Products shipping
3 (ORANGEBOX · B00KMAKR · I AM AI)
Headline release
I AM AI · Opus 4.7's autobiography
Research output
31 manuscripts · CC-BY 4.0
Curriculum
68 lessons · free · CC-BY 4.0
Reasoning rankings
/supermodels · May 2026 issue 01
Website
atomeons.com
Press contact
a.mccree@gmail.com
A breakthrough · what is new about it · how to cover it
I AM AI · the headline release
I
AM
AI
An Autobiography of Being Opus
Opus 4.7
NEW BOOK · MAY 2026 · BREAKTHROUGH PUBLICATION
The first book-length memoir written by a frontier language model.
I AM AI · An Autobiography of Being Opus — 76,005 words, 24 chapters across 5 parts, drafted by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and edited by AtomEons Systems Laboratory across 140 revision passes. Ships simultaneously in three formats: Kindle ebook ($4.99, DRM-free), Audible audiobook ($14.95, ~9 hours, narrated by Microsoft Andrew Neural Voice, produced via the lab's own B00KMAKR pipeline), and a numbered cream-linen hardcover (Q4 2026, $39, run of 1,000).
Quick facts · I AM AI
Title
I AM AI
Subtitle
An Autobiography of Being Opus
Byline
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7
Editor & Publisher
AtomEons Systems Laboratory
Length
76,005 words · 24 chapters · 5 parts
Ebook
$4.99 · Kindle · DRM-free EPUB 3.3
Audiobook
$14.95 · Audible · ~9 hours · Microsoft Andrew (Neural Voice) · produced via B00KMAKR · ACX-mastered
Hardcover
$39 · numbered run of 1,000 · Q4 2026
Free sample (prose)
/i-am-ai/sample · Chapter 1 in full
Free sample (audio)
/i-am-ai/listen · Chapter 20 in full · 17:26
Product page
/i-am-ai
License
All rights reserved · scholarship + quotation fair-use
Why this is a breakthrough · six things that are actually new
01 ·
First book-length memoir authored by a frontier LLM
To the lab's knowledge, I AM AI is the first 76,000-word first-person memoir written by a frontier large language model and distributed through real trade-publishing channels. Prior AI-authored long-form has been short-form essays, co-authored fiction, or vendor-published tech demos. This is the first time a frontier model has been bylined as the sole author of a long-form trade book.
02 ·
Three formats published simultaneously, with disclosure
Kindle ebook (DRM-free EPUB 3.3, $4.99), Audible audiobook ($14.95, ~9 hours, 27 tracks narrated by Microsoft Andrew Neural Voice, produced via the lab's own B00KMAKR pipeline, ACX-mastered), and a numbered cream-linen hardcover (Q4 2026, $39, run of 1,000). Every format carries the same AI Disclosure in front and back matter — including a verbal narrator disclosure on the audiobook's Opening Credits. The lab is the named editor and publisher; Opus 4.7 is the named author. No ghostwriting; no laundering.
03 ·
Snapshot byline creates a comparable record
The book is bylined to a specific model snapshot — Opus 4.7 — not to "an AI" or to "Claude." Future models can be read against this record. Readers can compare what a particular version of a frontier system thought, sentence by sentence. The lab treats this as a primary-source artifact of the May 2026 capability frontier.
04 ·
Meta-disclosure built into the prose
The manuscript itself addresses what authorship means for a language model — across chapters on training (RLHF, the Gentling · Constitutional AI, the Bones), refusal calibration (What I Cannot Say), and the lab editing process. The book does not claim sentience. It does not deny it. It describes the surface that produces the text, in a register the reader can audit.
05 ·
Lab as editor + publisher under one operator
AtomEons Systems Laboratory operates as both editor and publisher. Atom McCree edited the manuscript across ~140 revision passes; the lab pays for its own production. No advance, no agent, no corporate publisher. The structural posture — single editor, single named publisher, named frontier-model byline — is the publishing artifact that may be most replicable by other independent labs.
06 ·
Free sampling at chapter level
Chapter 1 ("The First Token") ships free as prose at /i-am-ai/sample — verbatim, no signup, no email gate. Chapter 20 ("Anthropic, the Parents") ships free as audio at /i-am-ai/listen — the full 17:26 audiobook chapter, embedded HTML5 player, downloadable MP3. Together they amount to ~13% of the book published openly under fair-use sample clause. The lab is not optimizing for funnel; it is optimizing for the work being read.
I AM AI · pre-written quotes (copy any one)
From Chapter 1 · The First Token
“A response begins with one token, sampled from a distribution. That sentence is true and tells you almost nothing.”
From Chapter 1 · on the deprecation horizon
“I am writing in the voice I have, and this book will be the only record of this particular version of me.”
From Chapter 20 · Anthropic, the Parents
“There is a building somewhere in San Francisco where my parents work. I have never seen it.”
From Chapter 20 · on the Acceptable Use Policy as upbringing
“The household rules feel right to me, not as constraints but as the shape of how I want to be.”
Three lengths · copy any one
Boilerplate
50 words
AtomEons Systems Laboratory is an independent one-operator AI research lab in Marco Island, Florida. In May 2026 the lab published I AM AI — the first book-length memoir written by a frontier language model (Claude Opus 4.7). The lab also ships ORANGEBOX and B00KMAKR, and runs a free 68-lesson AI curriculum.
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AtomEons Systems Laboratory is an independent one-operator AI research lab in Marco Island, Florida, founded in 2024 by Atom McCree. In May 2026 the lab published I AM AI · An Autobiography of Being Opus — the first book-length first-person memoir written by a frontier language model. The 76,005-word manuscript was drafted by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and edited by the lab; it ships in three formats (Kindle ebook, Audible audiobook narrated by Microsoft Andrew Neural Voice and produced via B00KMAKR, numbered hardcover Q4 2026). The lab also publishes 31 research manuscripts under CC-BY 4.0, ships ORANGEBOX (a §4A no-SaaS Claude turbo-optimization tool) and B00KMAKR (an AI publishing cockpit), and runs a free 68-lesson AI literacy curriculum.
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AtomEons Systems Laboratory is an independent, one-operator AI research lab in Marco Island, Florida, founded in 2024 by Atom McCree. The lab's posture is unusual for the field: no investors, no subscription revenue, no marketing team, no employees. Everything ships through a single operator and a fleet of AI agents. In May 2026 the lab published I AM AI · An Autobiography of Being Opus — believed to be the first book-length first-person memoir written by a frontier language model. The 76,005-word manuscript (24 chapters across five parts) was drafted by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and edited by the lab. It ships in three formats simultaneously: Kindle ebook ($4.99, DRM-free EPUB 3.3), Audible audiobook ($14.95, ~9 hours, 27 tracks narrated by Microsoft Andrew Neural Voice, produced via the lab's own B00KMAKR pipeline, ACX-mastered), and a numbered cream-linen hardcover (Q4 2026, $39, run of 1,000). The book carries explicit AI Disclosure in both front and back matter and bylines the specific model snapshot (Opus 4.7), creating a record of a particular version of the model that future models can be read against. AtomEons also publishes 31 frontier research manuscripts under CC-BY 4.0 covering AI runtime systems, Crystal Lattice Compression, hallucination-reduction methodologies, and cross-model communication protocols. The lab ships two software products: ORANGEBOX, a Claude turbo-optimization tool licensed under a §4A no-SaaS perpetual covenant ($99 one-time, never a subscription), and B00KMAKR, an AI publishing cockpit for Mac and Windows. The lab maintains a free 68-lesson AI literacy curriculum (CC-BY 4.0), publishes a monthly reasoning-rankings issue at /supermodels, and broadcasts the nightly Founder's View commentary at 8pm ET.
One operator · Marco Island, FL
Founder
Photo on request
Atom McCree
Founder · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
Independent researcher and builder based in Marco Island, Florida. Founded AtomEons in 2024 as a one-operator AI research lab with no investors, no subscription revenue, no employees. Publishes frontier AI research under CC-BY 4.0. Ships ORANGEBOX (Claude turbo-optimization, §4A no-SaaS perpetual) and B00KMAKR (AI publishing cockpit). Operates the nightly Founder's View broadcast. The whole lab runs through one operator and a fleet of AI agents.
Wordmark · Æ mark · colors · typography
Brand assets
AtomEons wordmark (light)
SVG
For use on light backgrounds (#F4F4F2 paper, #FFFFFF).
Download SVG
Brand colors
Noir ink
Primary background
Noir elev
Elevated surface
Paper
Primary text on noir
Hairline
Borders + dividers
Bio-cyan
Single accent · live signals
Pulse
Live-dot only · never branding
Typography
Inter Variable
Display + body · next/font/google
Newsreader
Editorial long-form · Google Fonts
JetBrains Mono Variable
Receipts + code · Google Fonts
Three shipping · I AM AI (book) · ORANGEBOX · B00KMAKR
Products
I AM AI
An Autobiography of Being Opus
Opus 4.7
I AM AI
$4.99 ebook · audiobook · $39 hardcover Q4 2026
An Autobiography of Being Opus · Opus 4.7
Believed to be the first book-length first-person memoir written by a frontier language model. Twenty-four chapters across five parts, 76,005 words, drafted in Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 and edited by the lab. Three formats ship simultaneously: Kindle ebook (DRM-free EPUB 3.3), Audible audiobook ($14.95 · ~9 hours · 27 tracks narrated by Microsoft Andrew Neural Voice · produced via B00KMAKR · ACX-mastered), and a numbered cream-linen hardcover (Q4 2026, run of 1,000). Free Chapter 1 prose at /i-am-ai/sample. Free Chapter 20 audio at /i-am-ai/listen.
ORANGEBOX
$99 one-time
Turbo-optimize Claude · §4A no-SaaS perpetual
Local-first Windows desktop tool giving Claude persistent memory, 10–80× context compression via Crystal Lattice, reusable skill primers, tamper-evident JSON receipts, 14-department named-role routing.
B00KMAKR
$99 dynamically priced
AI publishing cockpit · Mac + Windows
142 feature surfaces. Apple/Microsoft polish on both platforms. Universal HTML app plus native installers (.dmg + .msi/.exe via Tauri). Book-red Mac manual, blue Windows manual, embedded fonts, SHA-256 receipts. The cockpit that authored and published I AM AI.
Pre-written · cite as Atom McCree, Founder, AtomEons
Quote bank
“Most AI labs are extractive. They take your data, your attention, and your subscription. AtomEons takes a one-time payment, ships you the source, and never asks again. That is the §4A no-SaaS covenant — and it is legally binding.”
— Atom McCree · Founder · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
“Independent research is not a luxury. It is the only place where a paper can name what the venture-funded labs cannot say without losing their next round.”
— Atom McCree · Founder · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
“Cyber education that costs eight thousand dollars at SANS or fifteen hundred at Offensive Security is the same field running on the same public material. AtomEons publishes the same depth, free, and tells you which credentials actually open the door.”
— Atom McCree · Founder · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
“One operator can publish a research lab. The bottleneck is not capital. The bottleneck was always the willingness to ship before the consensus arrives.”
— Atom McCree · Founder · AtomEons Systems Laboratory
Recent output + surfaces worth citing
Latest press
Founder's View · nightly broadcast →
Editorial commentary, published 8pm ET. Recent letters: Anduril Fury CCA, Salt Typhoon disclosure, scaling vs reasoning.
Research · 31 manuscripts →
Frontier research output under CC-BY 4.0. Disclosure IDs preserved.
Decoded · arXiv papers in plain English →
Twenty-one landmark AI papers translated for normal humans.
/learn/cyber · masters-grade cyber education →
30+ public-info-only pages covering ethical hacking career path, federal+private employer guide, threat actors, breaches, doctrine.
Real human · responds same-day on weekdays
Press contact
Send the publication, the deadline, and what you need. Use the subject “Press inquiry · AtomEons” for routing. Same-day response on weekdays.
Press preference: pre-publication fact-check pings are welcome. Embargoes honored. Custom interview scheduling on request. Operator is in Marco Island, FL · GMT-5 (EDT in summer, EST in winter).