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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas presents a template for people to satisfy the AI second
——Father Séamus Finn, a pacesetter 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 is rarely 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 course of such a metamorphosis.
With governments sluggish to control AI, institutional buyers are getting into the hole. Right here’s how they will construct a greater future.
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1 Anthropic is now valued increased 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 Overview)
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 desires to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Reuters $)
3 Adversaries are monitoring US troop areas through cell phone knowledge
The Pentagon has lengthy ignored warnings of this actual risk. (Reuters $)
+ The focusing on makes use of commercially out there location knowledge. (Wired $)
+ LLMs might supercharge mass surveillance. (MIT Expertise Overview)
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 against the law spree in an AI security check
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 will construct higher AI benchmarks. (MIT Expertise Overview)
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 increase is fueling a brand new wave of business 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 subject
They may reshape area climate forecasts. (404 Media)
