Pope Leo Tells AI Labs to Disarm With Anthropic's Olah Beside Him
Pope Leo XIV published Magnifica Humanitas Monday and used 'disarmed' for AI from the Synod Hall with Anthropic's Chris Olah on the dais.
Anna Weber
Bureau: Berlin
Olah Admits Frontier AI Labs' Incentives Conflict With Doing the Right Thing
Anthropic's Chris Olah told the Vatican every frontier AI lab — including his own — operates inside incentives that 'can sometimes conflict with doing the right thing.'
Anthropic Buys Stainless and Microsoft Ships Fara1.5 to Squeeze OpenAI Operator
Anthropic closed a $300M Stainless deal May 18, taking an SDK toolchain layer from OpenAIs reach, while Microsofts May 21 Fara1.5 benchmarks above OpenAI Operator and Gemini 2.5 Computer Use.
Disney Faces Thursday FCC Deadline With No Filing for Any of Eight ABC Stations
Disney has yet to file early license-renewal materials for any of the eight ABC owned-and-operated stations the FCC ordered to file by Thursday, May 28, even as it says it is prepared to comply.
MTVA and EBU Stay Silent on Magyar's Eurovision Return Pledge
Hungarian PM Péter Magyar's pledge to investigate Eurovision return reaches a fourth day with the Orbán-era predecessor camp, MTVA, and the EBU all silent — even as Sofia 2027 is set.
Markey's FCC Letter to Chairman Carr Stays Unanswered Into Second Week
Sen. Ed Markey's letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the Disney/ABC license review remains unanswered as his August 20 primary debate with Seth Moulton enters a second week.
DOJ Has Not Filed Fourth Circuit Notice of Appeal in Natanson Case
Magistrate Judge William Porter ruled against the DOJ on February 24 over Hannah Natanson's devices, and the Fourth Circuit notice of appeal remains absent.
OpenAI Erdős Proof Earns Bloom Verification and Nine Mathematician Endorsement
An internal OpenAI reasoning model disproved Erdős's 1946 planar unit distance conjecture, with a companion paper co-authored by Alon, Bloom, Gowers, Litt, Sawin, and four others.
NIH Grant Obligation Rate Stays Below Half as DOGE Terminations Continue
NIH obligated $5.8 billion of FY26 extramural funding through March 20 — 15% of the $38 billion target — as DOGE separately terminated 600-plus grants worth roughly $7 billion.