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Pope Leo XIV presents his encyclical on AI, calling for regulation of AI companies, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more — The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.| Joshua McElwee / Reuters: |
In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains — Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday …
More: New York Times, RTÉ, Associated Press, RNS, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
| Océane Herrero / Politico: |
Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical — As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.| Joann S. Lublin / Wall Street Journal: |
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says “Reid AI” has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024 — In a glimpse into the future, a small number of executives have created AI replicas to take over some of their responsibilities| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber — Austin Cowan had expected a quiet year. — The headhunter, who helps Fortune 100 companies find and attract cybersecurity executives … | Nikkei Asia: |
At an IEEE conference, Huawei proposed a new chip scaling law and said it aims to design chips with transistor density equivalent to 1.4nm by 2031 — TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies on Monday said it has found a new way to design chips to bring its semiconductor capabilities close …
More: Bloomberg, eeNews Europe, Huawei, Silicon Republic, Business Standard, The Information, Business Today, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Reuters, Daily Sabah, Blockonomi, The Next Web, DigiTimes, PhoneArena, CNBC, The Register, Türkiye Today, ANI News, Hürriyet Daily News, and TechNode
X: @sino_market, @alex_intel_, @jukan05, @anshelsag, @andrewcurran_, @anshelsag, @jeffreytowson, and @jukan05
Forums: r/hardware and r/hardware
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A deep dive into Apple Watch and Health efforts; sources: iOS 27 to get a revamped AirPods control panel and default support for AirPlay rivals like Google Cast — Also: iOS 27 AirPods, Genmoji and AirPlay details. — Now over a decade old, the Apple Watch is in need of a shake-up as the health and fitness wearables market pivots.
More: TechRadar, MacRumors, Android Authority, Memeburn, Livemint, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, The Verge, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, iClarified, and The Next Web
X: @markgurman, @tgod34748, @markgurman, @markgurman, @mweinbach, @markgurman, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Karl McDonnell
Forums: r/airpods, r/AppleWatch, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets — Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.
More: Raw Story, Blockonomi, The Block, Truthout, The Existentialist Republic, Cointelegraph, and crypto.news
X: @wmiddelkoop, @sbmccallister, @camrmackenzie, @rorytyer, @jason_kint, @julie_bush, and @daveweigel
Bluesky: @beverlymann19, @robertscotthorton, @bradlander, @lavidagata, @annmlipton, and @socialmedialab.ca. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
Forums: r/anticapitalism, r/LegalNews, r/politics, and r/neoliberal
| Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
More than 5,500 GitHub repositories were infected with malware in a supply chain attack, dubbed Megalodon, on May 18 that relies on automated commits — Fake automated commits injected GitHub Actions workflows containing payloads to steal credentials, CI secrets, keys, and tokens.| @bookwormengr: |
A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem — Have you ever wondered, how DeepSeek may make money, and lot of it? They didn't come up with competitive coding plans like GLM, MoonShot and MiniMax.| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, a top lieutenant of Mark Zuckerberg who is leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-first company — Andrew Bosworth, Meta's outspoken chief technology officer, has a new mission: transforming the company's workforce using AI
More: Business Today
| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
A look at Xiaomi's AI push to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem, as it recently committed ~$8.8B in AI investments over the next three years — Xiaomi is betting on artificial intelligence to future-proof its sprawling hardware empire, pouring massive resources into open-source models … | Charles Clover / Financial Times: |
The UK, outpaced by the US and China in AI, is turning to experimental technologies like neuromorphic computing in search of computing sovereignty — Military capability depends increasingly on data centres. Now governments outpaced in AI are looking to experimental technologies.| New York Times: |
A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening them into unlinking Apple IDs from stolen iPhones — Tens of thousands of smartphones were reported stolen in the British capital in recent years. For some victims, losing their phone was only the beginning.
Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com
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