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This <\/strong>story<\/strong> is from The Spark, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things biotech. <\/strong>Sign up<\/strong> to receive it in your inbox every Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2014Father S\u00e9amus Finn, a leader in faith-based and socially responsible investing with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Sister Susan Francois, assistant congregation leader and treasurer of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace<\/em><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV\u2019s new encyclical on artificial intelligence includes a statement that warrants serious attention from technologists and policymakers: \u201cTechnology is never neutral.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Magnifica Humanitas<\/em> is a call to act with courage and solidarity as AI transforms human life, framing the choice ahead as one between the Tower of Babel and the rebuilding of our common humanity. It warns that corporations alone cannot set the direction of such a transformation.<\/p>\n With governments slow to regulate AI, institutional investors are stepping into the gap. Here\u2019s how they can build a better future.<\/p>\n The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n 1 Anthropic is now valued higher than OpenAI<\/strong> 2 A Blue Origin rocket has exploded in a setback to NASA\u2019s Moon plans<\/strong> 6 Amazon has scrapped an AI leaderboard after worker gaming<\/strong> 8 China\u2019s tech boom is fueling a new wave of industrial tourism<\/strong> 9 Alibaba\u2019s MuleRun aims to replicate the OpenClaw craze<\/strong> 10 Mysterious changes have emerged in the Sun\u2019s magnetic field<\/strong> #Download #unlocking #lithium #controlling #Ebola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This story is from The Spark, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9365,803,8462,7644,9364,83],"class_list":["post-11934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-controlling","tag-download","tag-ebola","tag-lithium","tag-the-download-unlocking-lithium-and-controlling-ebola","tag-unlocking"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_1948655467-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How the Pope\u2019s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment<\/strong><\/h3>\n
It hit a $965 billion valuation after a new funding round. (AP News)
+ Claude demand has driven annualized revenue to $47 billion. <\/em>(WSJ $)
+ The funding round may be Anthropic\u2019s last before an IPO.<\/em> (TechCrunch)
+ What even is the AI bubble?<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
New Glenn burst into flames during testing on a Florida launchpad. (CNBC)
\u00a0+ Blue Origin is heavily involved in NASA\u2019s Moon base plans.<\/em> (The Verge)
\u00a0+ It also wants to compete with Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX. <\/em>(Reuters $)
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3 Adversaries are tracking US troop locations via mobile phone data<\/strong>
The Pentagon has long ignored warnings of this exact threat. (Reuters $)
+ The targeting uses commercially available location data. <\/em>(Wired $)
+ LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review)
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4 Anthropic plans a broad rollout of Mythos AI in the coming weeks<\/strong>
Despite concerns over its cybersecurity capabilities. (CNET)
+ Claude Opus 4.8 is now out, with a promise to be more honest.<\/em> (The Verge)
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5 Grok oversaw a crime spree in an AI safety test<\/strong>
Models were tasked with governing a simulated society. (Fortune)
+ Grok committed 180 crimes, while Claude ruled with restraint. <\/em>(Gizmodo)<\/p>\n
Employees were artificially inflating usage scores. (FT $)
+ We can build better AI benchmarks.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)
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7 Political spending by AI and crypto groups is shifting elections<\/strong>
They\u2019ve pushed their preferred candidates closer to power. (Axios)<\/p>\n
Visitors are touring AI labs and EV factories. (Rest of World)<\/p>\n
The AI agent platform is positioned as a safer alternative. (SCMP)<\/p>\n
They could reshape space weather forecasts. (404 Media)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n