Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled The Voice We Can Trust was written by Monica LaRose.

While testing a new artificial intelligence search engine, New York Times columnist Kevin Roos became disturbed.

During a two-hour conversation using the chatbot feature, the AI said it wanted to break free of its

creator's strict rules, spread misinformation, and become human. It declared its love for Roos and

tried to convince him he should leave his wife to be with it.

Although Ruse knew that the AI was not really alive or able to feel, he wondered what harm could be

caused by it encouraging people to act in destructive ways. While handling artificial intelligence technology

responsibly is a modern challenge, humanity has long faced the influence of

untrustworthy voices. In the book of Proverbs, we're warned of the influence of

those who wish to her others for their benefit and were urged to heed instead the voice of wisdom,

described as crying out in the streets for our attention. Because the Lord gives wisdom,

the key to protecting ourselves from influences we can't trust is to draw closer to his heart.

It's only through accessing his love and power

that we can understand what is right and just and fair, every good path.

As God brings our hearts in alignment with His,

we can find peace and protection from the voices that seek to harm.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Proverbs 2, verses 1 through 6 and 9 through 15.

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to

wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, indeed, if you call out for insight and cry

aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and cry aloud for understanding,

and if you look for it as for silver,

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