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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas affords a template for people to fulfill the AI second
——Father Séamus Finn, a frontrunner in faith-based and socially accountable investing with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Sister Susan Francois, assistant congregation chief and treasurer of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on synthetic intelligence features a assertion that warrants severe consideration from technologists and policymakers: “Expertise isn’t impartial.”
Magnifica Humanitas is a name to behave with braveness and solidarity as AI transforms human life, framing the selection forward as one between the Tower of Babel and the rebuilding of our frequent humanity. It warns that firms alone can not set the route of such a change.
With governments gradual to manage AI, institutional buyers are entering into the hole. Right here’s how they’ll construct a greater future.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you right this moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Anthropic is now valued larger than OpenAI
It hit a $965 billion valuation after a brand new funding spherical. (AP Information)
+ Claude demand has pushed annualized income to $47 billion. (WSJ $)
+ The funding spherical could also be Anthropic’s final earlier than an IPO. (TechCrunch)
+ What even is the AI bubble? (MIT Expertise Evaluate)
2 A Blue Origin rocket has exploded in a setback to NASA’s Moon plans
New Glenn burst into flames throughout testing on a Florida launchpad. (CNBC)
+ Blue Origin is closely concerned in NASA’s Moon base plans. (The Verge)
+ It additionally needs to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Reuters $)
3 Adversaries are monitoring US troop places through cell phone knowledge
The Pentagon has lengthy ignored warnings of this precise menace. (Reuters $)
+ The concentrating on makes use of commercially accessible location knowledge. (Wired $)
+ LLMs may supercharge mass surveillance. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)
4 Anthropic plans a broad rollout of Mythos AI within the coming weeks
Regardless of issues over its cybersecurity capabilities. (CNET)
+ Claude Opus 4.8 is now out, with a promise to be extra trustworthy. (The Verge)
5 Grok oversaw a criminal offense spree in an AI security take a look at
Fashions have been tasked with governing a simulated society. (Fortune)
+ Grok dedicated 180 crimes, whereas Claude dominated with restraint. (Gizmodo)
6 Amazon has scrapped an AI leaderboard after employee gaming
Staff have been artificially inflating utilization scores. (FT $)
+ We are able to construct higher AI benchmarks. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)
7 Political spending by AI and crypto teams is shifting elections
They’ve pushed their most well-liked candidates nearer to energy. (Axios)
8 China’s tech growth is fueling a brand new wave of commercial tourism
Guests are touring AI labs and EV factories. (Remainder of World)
9 Alibaba’s MuleRun goals to copy the OpenClaw craze
The AI agent platform is positioned as a safer different. (SCMP)
10 Mysterious adjustments have emerged within the Solar’s magnetic discipline
They might reshape house climate forecasts. (404 Media)
