Pope Leo XIV calls AI-directed warfare a “spiral of annihilation” in historic La Sapienza address

  Pope Leo XIV used a historic visit to Europe’s largest university to denounce the growing role of artificial intelligence in warfare, warning that investments in AI-directed weaponry are driving [...]

Ooni’s first departure from pizza ovens is a $799 spiral mixer

Ooni, the Scottish company known for its innovative outdoor pizza ovens, is expanding into a new product category — without sacrificing the brand’s pizza theme. The Halo Pro is a $799 mixer that t [...]

Pope Leo XIV tells the Vatican to disarm AI, in the first encyclical of his pontificate

Magnifica humanitas calls for breaking up monopolistic control of the technology, rules out algorithmic warfare, and is being presented alongside Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah. Pope Leo XIV used the [...]

Mistral’s Arthur Mensch directly rebuts Pope Leo on AI in warfare

Three days after the Vatican called for AI to be ‘disarmed’, the Mistral CEO defended his company’s defence-AI work, arguing Europe cannot afford unilateral restraint. Arthur Mensch, the chief e [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Spiral-Bench shows which AI models most strongly reinforce users' delusional thinking

AI researcher Sam Paech has created a new test, Spiral-Bench, that shows how some AI models can trap users in "escalatory delusion loops." The results reveal major differences in how safely [...]

At the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, Anthropic co-founder says AI models show signs of introspection

Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah was invited to speak at the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" and used the stage to claim AI models show evidence of intros [...]

Pope Francis dies at 88. Here are 5 companies in his 'Inclusive Capitalism' group

Pope Francis passed away one day after celebrating Easter Sunday and following a brief meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. VanceRead more... [...]

Pope Leo’s first encyclical reads as tech regulation as much as theology

The 24 hours since Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, have produced something unusual: a papal document being read in earnest by financial and policy capitals as a piece [...]