AI
‘ChatGPT for Teens’ — Here’s What Parents Need to Know
OpenAI introduced “ChatGPT for Teens” last week, a version of the company’s popular chatbot made safer for users from 13 to 17 years old. But how safe is it, really? Here’s what parents need to know. What OpenAI Says OpenAI designed “ChatGPT for…
AI Is Now Creating New Viruses. What Can Go Wrong?
Humans are creating viruses from scratch using the same artificial intelligence technology that has been making the news for going rogue. A study published last week reveals that scientists used AI to create 16 brand-new viruses.“A new study…
They’re Building War Robots – The New American
An American company is building war robots, and the justification for pursuing this risky technology is the same one we hear from people who want to drop a data center in every nook and cranny of the American landscape.Foundation’s View“U.S.…
Congress Wants a Kill Switch for Rogue AI
Congress just drafted a bill that allows the federal government to order the shutdown of AI models “that can cause catastrophic harm.” Representatives Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) and Ted W. Lieu (D-CA.) introduced on Thursday the AI Kill Switch…
Is the Government Trying to Muzzle Americans Who Oppose Data Centers?
On July 18, Americans are expected to turn out for a nationwide protest against data centers. A group called Humans First is organizing the events. As this protest is being planned, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be trying…
AI, or This Stranger We Keep Inventing – Religion & Liberty Online
At the end of Terminator 2, the machine lowers itself into a crucible of molten steel, gives the thumbs-up it learned from a child, and disappears. It is one of the strangest images American cinema has produced: a killing machine that learned to…
Data Center Gaslighting: Blaming Foreign Actors for Real Resistance
If you’re among the many Americans opposed to having a data center dropped in your neighborhood, you might be doing the bidding of foreign actors and leftist billionaires. This is the latest narrative emerging from data center advocates. Earlier…
Florida Sues OpenAI for Causing Consumers to Harm Themselves, Others
Florida is suing ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, for violating state laws against unfair and deceptive business practices. The civil complaint, which Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed on June 1, alleges OpenAI and its CEO, Sam…
Coherence in Continuity – The Catholic Thing
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, was released earlier this week. It is long for an encyclical, and unexpected in some ways. It is worth reading, worth sitting with. What follows is not a summary, still less a “review” of the…
The Technocratic State and the Last Frontier of Freedom – Religion & Liberty Online
The global discussion on artificial intelligence has ceased to be a technical debate and has become a first-rate political conflict. In 2024, the European Union enforced the EU AI Act, the world’s most comprehensive AI regulatory framework,…