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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) vatican.va
U.S. Bars Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Most Advanced A.I. Models nytimes.com
The Most Famous AI Writing Tic Is Also the Most Mysterious - The Atlantic theatlantic.com
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Good morning to everybody else vibing with a papal encyclical over their coffee 🤘 www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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- Pope Leo XIV's 42,300-word Magnifica Humanitas, signed May 15 and published May 25, addresses AI as the central challenge to human dignity.
- The encyclical states AI systems are 'cultivated' not 'built' and explicitly denies they possess experience, a body, or the capacity to feel pain.
- Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah spoke at the Vatican's May 25 presentation alongside theologians and three cardinals.
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This I expect will turn out to be a big deal in the tech sovereignty devates www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/t...
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OK the truth is no one knows for sure why AIs love "It's not X—it's Y" but there are some strange and fascinating theories and I think this one is my favorite. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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- The Atlantic frames the 'it's not X; it's Y' antithesis as perhaps the best-known and most mysterious tic of AI writing.
- Barron's counted the phrase in Fortune 500 filings jumping from 50 in 2023 to over 200 in 2025, per The Atlantic.
- In one Washington Post dataset the article cites, variations of 'not just X, but Y' appeared in roughly 6% of all July messages.
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AI isn't just a race for the most capable model anymore. As open-weight models improve, organizations are thinking more about flexibility, transparency, resilience, and avoiding vendor lock-in—not just benchmark scores. Read more from The Economist: www.economist.com/business/…
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