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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas affords 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 critical 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 companies 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 will construct a greater future.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you right this moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
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 Evaluation)
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 areas by way of cell phone knowledge
The Pentagon has lengthy ignored warnings of this actual risk. (Reuters $)
+ The concentrating on makes use of commercially obtainable location knowledge. (Wired $)
+ LLMs might supercharge mass surveillance. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
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 a criminal offense spree in an AI security check
Fashions had 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 had been artificially inflating utilization scores. (FT $)
+ We are able to construct higher AI benchmarks. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
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 might reshape area climate forecasts. (404 Media)
