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Pope Francis is leaning on thinking of Paolo Benanti, a friar adept at explaining how technology can change worldAfter a gruelling first day discussing how to finance a prolonged war against an authoritarian dictator, G7 leaders in Apulia next turned for advice from someone who insists he is infallible, and for good measure thinks Ukraine should have the courage to wave the white flag.Normally when an 87-year-old claiming infallibility turns up at your door, the instinct is to give them a cup of

As growing numbers of people turn to grieftech, some are disturbed by its possible consequencesWhen Christi Angel first talked to a chatbot impersonating her deceased partner, Cameroun, she found the encounter surreal and “very weird”.“Yes, I knew it was an AI system but, once I started chatting, my feeling was I was talking to Cameroun. That’s how real it felt to me,” she says. Continue reading...

Pontiff says it should never be for machines to decide whether human beings should live or diePope Francis has made a historic address to G7 leaders urging them to recognise they have the power to decide if artificial intelligence becomes a terrifying or creative tool, as he urged them to act to ban the use of autonomous weapons in war.In the first address by a pope to a meeting of G7 leaders, he said it should never be for machines to decide whether human beings are to live or die. Continue rea

Pontiff says machines should never be able to decide whether human beings live or diePope Francis has made a historic address to G7 leaders urging them to recognise they have the power to decide if artificial intelligence becomes a terrifying or creative tool, and calling on them to ban the use of autonomous weapons in war.In the first address by a pope to a meeting of G7 leaders, he said it should never be for machines to decide whether human beings live or die. Continue reading...

Ex-president also mulled over the repercussions of world leaders being deepfaked to announce false nuclear attackDonald Trump has said he used a speech generated by artificial intelligence (AI) after being impressed by the content.The former US president, whose oratory is noted for its rambling, off-the-cuff style but also for its demagoguery, made the claim in an interview with Logan Paul’s podcast in which he lauded AI as “a superpower” but also warned of its potential danger