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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas gives 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 critical consideration from technologists and policymakers: “Know-how 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 course of such a change.
With governments sluggish to control AI, institutional buyers are getting into the hole. Right here’s how they’ll construct a greater future.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you in the present day’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
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 Know-how 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 places through cell phone information
The Pentagon has lengthy ignored warnings of this precise menace. (Reuters $)
+ The focusing on makes use of commercially out there location information. (Wired $)
+ LLMs may supercharge mass surveillance. (MIT Know-how Overview)
4 Anthropic plans a broad rollout of Mythos AI within the coming weeks
Regardless of considerations 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 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 Know-how Overview)
7 Political spending by AI and crypto teams is shifting elections
They’ve pushed their most popular candidates nearer to energy. (Axios)
8 China’s tech increase 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 area
They may reshape area climate forecasts. (404 Media)
