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Pope's AI Encyclical May Have Been Written by AI—Here's Why That Matters An analysis by researcher Linch Zhang suggests that parts of Pope Leo XIV's recent encyclical on artificial intelligence—a document titled Magnifica Humanitas—may have been generated by AI itself. Zhang
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The Pope's AI Warning Isn't About AI—It's About Power Pope Francis released his first encyclical this week, and while it mentions artificial intelligence, the real message is about something older and more troubling: how a small group of tech leaders can shape society
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Amazon's New Bee Wearable Shows the Privacy Trade-Off Every Business Owner Should Know About Amazon has launched Bee, a wearable AI device that clips to your clothing and listens to your day, offering hands-free assistance and real-time insights. Like other AI wearables entering the market, it promises convenience—
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Elon Musk Ditches Solar Dreams for Natural Gas and Space Data Centers Elon Musk's AI company xAI is betting big on natural gas power plants instead of solar energy, while SpaceX pushes ahead with plans for orbital data centers. This marks a dramatic shift from Musk's
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AI Voice Reconstruction Raises New Questions About Data Privacy and Access Researchers recently used artificial intelligence to reconstruct audio from cockpit recordings by analyzing spectrograms—visual representations of sound—forcing the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to temporarily shut down access to its public docket system. The incident highlights a
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Microsoft Lets You Turn Off That Floating Copilot Button in Office Apps Microsoft is rolling out updates next week to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that give users the ability to disable a floating Copilot button. The button has been appearing in the bottom right corner of documents and spreadsheets in
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Nvidia's Next $200 Billion Bet: AI Agents That Work Without You Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company has spotted a massive new market worth around $200 billion—and it centers on specialized computer processors designed to power AI agents. These are AI systems that can work independently
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Google Takes Aim at AI Design Tools—and Says They're Built for You Google announced at its IO 2026 conference that it's entering the AI design space with a new tool engineered for everyday users. The company explicitly positioned the tool as accessible to teachers, freelancers,
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Kin Health Raises $9M to Build AI Note-Taker for Doctor Visits Kin Health just secured $9 million in funding to develop an AI app that records doctor appointments and automatically creates summaries. The tool works like a meeting note-taker you might use for business calls—it captures what was discussed,
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The AI Talk Nobody Wants to Hear at Graduation Commencement speakers are learning a hard lesson: telling graduates their future depends on artificial intelligence doesn't exactly inspire standing ovations. According to recent reporting, students and their families increasingly tune out when speakers pivot to AI-heavy messaging about automation,
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AI Marketing Platform Nectar Social Lands $30M Funding Round Nectar Social, an AI-powered marketing operating system, announced it raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures and the Anthology Fund—a fund created in partnership with AI company Anthropic. The funding underscores growing investor interest in AI
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Personal Finance—Here's What It Means for Your Business OpenAI has rolled out a new personal finance feature for ChatGPT that lets users connect their bank accounts directly to the platform. Once connected, users get a dashboard showing their investment portfolio performance, spending patterns,
