Pope blasts the use of AI in warfare, saying it’s leading to a ‘spiral of annihilation’

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense minister, sees futuristic military technology as crucial to his country’s survival.

On Tuesday, the president read from the Bible in a taped message. Religious scholars were not impressed This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday Donald Trump, who recently posted an image on social media which portrayed him as Jesus Christ (or, rather, “a doctor”), and who seems unable to stop attacking the pope, read the Bible to America on Tuesday night. Sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, hands resting on a book that looked like a Bible, Trump stared straight into the camera (presumably there was a teleprompter) as he recited from the book 2 Chronicles. It’s a passage which has become fashionable among the right wing, and which quotes God as saying: Continue reading...

Pangram Labs’ updated Chrome extension puts warning labels on AI slop as you scroll your social feeds.

In a week where Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open for commercial trade – effectively ending its nearly seven-week de facto blockade of the critical shipping lane – President Donald Trump imposed a US blockade on Iranian ports to strangle its ability to trade. Trump vowed to continue enforcing what is effectively a US siege until a peace deal is finalised.

The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ever before in the current conflict with Iran. AI is no longer just helping humans analyze intelligence. It is now an…

The image, posted on Truth Social, appeared to be A.I.-generated and depicts the president as a divine leader healing the sick.