The Pope Gets AI Religion

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Pope Leo XIV released his AI encyclical alongside Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah. Huawei claims it can match 1.4nm chips by 2031, China imposed travel restrictions on AI talent, cybersecurity hiring surged amid the AI "bug-pocalypse," and American Airlines picked Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi. Pope Leo XIV presents Magnifica humanitas, his encyclical on AI, calling for AI regulation, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more (NYT) Huawei says it aims to make 1.4nm chips by 2031 using its "LogicFolding" tech, which is based on its new Tau Scaling Law intended to bypass Moore's Law limits (Nikkei) Sources: Chinese government agencies begin imposing overseas travel restrictions on individuals involved in advanced AI work, including at Alibaba and DeepSeek (Bloomberg) As AI tools like Mythos create a "bug-pocalypse", Glassdoor says Q1 cybersecurity job postings rose 11% YoY, and executive search firms are turning away clients (NYT) American Airlines picks SpaceX's Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on more than 500 planes; SpaceX already has contracts with United Airlines, Southwest, and others (CNBC) Google Fitbit Air review: slim, comfortable, and stylish, robust tracking, seven-day battery life, and cheaper than Whoop, but can only be worn on the wrist (The Shortcut) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
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0:09.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
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0:35.4	Welcome to the tech brew right home for Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
0:36.4	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:39.0	Pope Leo made some tech news by weighing in on AI. Huawei claims it can make 1.4 nanometer chips by 2031. China imposed travel restrictions on
0:45.6	AI talent, cybersecurity hiring surged amid the AI bugpocalypse, and American Airlines picked Starlink
0:51.7	for in-flight Wi-Fi. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
1:00.2	Over the holiday, the Pope made some tech news.
1:04.1	Quoting the Times, Pope Leo the 14th on Monday, set out a sweeping vision for corporate executives,
1:10.7	politicians, and individuals who
1:11.9	will shape and be shaped by the future of artificial intelligence, warning leaders to safeguard
1:16.5	humanity from AI's most disruptive effects. Leo's declaration came in the form of a papal encyclical,
1:22.7	an open letter to, quote, all people of goodwill that ran to roughly 42,300 words in its English version.
1:30.2	It outlined his desire to protect human dignity and agency in an age in which technology
1:34.7	threatens to replace humans in many professional and social roles.
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