Excerpts from Pope Leo XIV's sweeping manifesto about AI

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV has issued a sweeping manifesto about safeguarding humanity in the era of artificial intelligence, examining the many social areas that the technology is fundamentally reshaping. Here are some excerpts from the 83-page document “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity) released on Monday.

China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with astronaut set for yearlong stay

JIUQUAN, China (AP) – China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year.

Meta settles social media addiction case brought by Kentucky school district

Social media companies including Meta have settled the first of many lawsuits brought by hundreds of school districts seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children’s mental health from social media addiction.

A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers

Elon Musk is all about big numbers – billions, trillions – and you can find them sprinkled throughout an extraordinary document he just filed to take his rocket maker public.

Canadian regulator triples US streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the country’s federal broadcast regulator said Thursday.

Malaysia orders TikTok to explain 'grossly offensive' fake content targeting king

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia said Thursday it has ordered TikTok to explain and address what it described as the social media platform’s failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake content targeting the royal institution.

Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'

NEW YORK (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.

Trump postpones controls on AI out of concern it would hurt AI industry

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump called off a Thursday signing ceremony for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he was postponing the signing because he didn’t like what he saw in the order’s text. He announced the change hours before the event was scheduled to take place in the Oval Office.

Australian judge fines X $465,000 for online safety breach after 3-year court battle

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian judge fined X Corp. 650,000 Australian dollars ($465,000) on Thursday for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog in 2023 about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content.