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It started with medieval “fasting girls.” Now, divine devotion and the occult mingle in eating disorder communities online.

Is AI a revolutionary phenomenon that will change everything? The history of radioactivity suggests an answer

It has been widely reported that a US Air Force drone went rogue and "killed" its operator in a simulation, sparking fears of an AI revolution - but this simulation never took place. Why are we so quick to believe AI horror stories?

Greenbelt Festival has added even more names to its 2023 line-up. Rapper Lowkey; former prime minister Gordon Brown; comedian Josie Long; Lee Bains III’s Old Time Gospel Hour; and painter/hip-hop artist Chali 2na (amongst many others!) are set to join Laura Mvula, Milton Jones, Ezra Furman, Brian Eno and the Indigo Girls at this year’s festival. Where else can you experience such an eclectic mix?

One futurist serious enough to invent a religion of AI — Way of the Future, he calls it — and to file incorporation papers for it with the IRS, is named Anthony Levandowski.

Mainstream adoption of generative AI and conversational bots has left few spaces untouched, even religious communities

Sometimes Rabbi Joshua Franklin knows exactly what he wants to talk about in his weekly Shabbat sermons -- other times, not so much. It was on one of those not-so-much days on a cold afternoon in late December that the spiritual leader of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons decided to turn to Artificial Intelligence.

Religious leaders are increasingly wading into the conversation around the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Their message? Proceed with caution.

Religious leaders are increasingly wading into the conversation around the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Their message? Proceed with caution.

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