September 25, 2024

Judge Lets Over 8,000 Catholic Employers Deny Worker Protections for Abortion and Fertility Care

(Associated Press) – A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect workers seeking abortions and fertility care. In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor, of Bismarck, North Dakota, … Read More



 
 

August 9, 2024

A Scientist Says Humans Will Reach the Singularity Within 21 Years

(Popular Mechanics via MSN) – An American computer scientist-turned-futurist, Kurzweil has long believed that humanity is headed toward what’s known as “the singularity,” when man and machine merge. In 1999, Kurzweil theorized that artificial general intelligence would be achieved once … Read More



 
 

August 8, 2024

‘I’m afraid I can’t do that’: Should killer robots be allowed to disobey orders?

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) – It is often said that autonomous weapons could help minimize the needless horrors of war. Their vision algorithms could be better than humans at distinguishing a schoolhouse from a weapons depot. They won’t be … Read More



 
 

July 23, 2024

AI Companies Promised to Self-Regulate One Year Ago. What’s Changed?

(MIT Technology Review) – The White House’s voluntary AI commitments have brought better red-teaming practices and watermarks, but no meaningful transparency or accountability. One year ago, on July 21, 2023, seven leading AI companies—Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft,and OpenAI—committed … Read More



 
 

June 14, 2024

Pope Francis Becomes First Pontiff to Address a G7 Summit, Raises Alarm About AI

(Associated Press) – Pope Francis challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies Friday to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence, warning that such powerful technology risks turning human relations themselves into mere algorithms. (Read More)