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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas provides 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: “Know-how 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 widespread humanity. It warns that firms alone can’t set the route of such a metamorphosis.
With governments sluggish to control AI, institutional buyers are moving into the hole. Right here’s how they’ll construct a greater future.
The must-reads
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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 Know-how 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 desires to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Reuters $)
3 Adversaries are monitoring US troop areas by way of cell phone information
The Pentagon has lengthy ignored warnings of this actual risk. (Reuters $)
+ The concentrating on makes use of commercially obtainable location information. (Wired $)
+ LLMs may supercharge mass surveillance. (MIT Know-how 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 sincere. (The Verge)
5 Grok oversaw against the law spree in an AI security take a look at
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
Workers had been artificially inflating utilization scores. (FT $)
+ We will construct higher AI benchmarks. (MIT Know-how 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 commercial tourism
Guests are touring AI labs and EV factories. (Remainder of World)
9 Alibaba’s MuleRun goals to duplicate the OpenClaw craze
The AI agent platform is positioned as a safer various. (SCMP)
10 Mysterious adjustments have emerged within the Solar’s magnetic area
They might reshape area climate forecasts. (404 Media)
