AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAI Finance Shock: Anthropic’s private $65bn funding round lifts its valuation to about $965bn, pushing it past OpenAI and underscoring how fast AI money is concentrating even as firms still burn cash. Vatican AI Push: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, calls for AI “disarmament,” stronger legal rules, and warns that opaque algorithms and autonomous weapons can enable new “digital slavery.” Tech Meets Theology: Anthropic’s cofounder Chris Olah met the Pope as the Vatican seeks to shape AI ethics—while developers report growing unease about model autonomy and accountability. Local Vatican Diplomacy: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met Pope Leo at the Vatican, discussed immigration, wars, and reparations, and invited the Pope to celebrate Mass in Grant Park in 2027 with a Chicago-themed gift haul. Hospital Governance: The Pope approved a commission to stabilize Padre Pio’s Vatican-linked hospital after reports of roughly €250m debt. US Church Legal Watch: The US Supreme Court declined to halt a lawsuit over how Peter’s Pence donations were presented, letting the case proceed.
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