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Pope Leo urges governments to slow AI development, warns of “new forms of slavery”
Bay Area Times
May 26, 2026
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- Pope Leo urges governments to slow AI development
- Anthropic says Claude Mythos found 10K+ critical vulnerabilities
- DeepSeek cuts V4 Pro API prices 75%, makes discount permanent
- Trump plans green card rule requiring many applicants to leave U.S.
- Elon’s X cracks down on revenue-sharing gaming
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1. Pope Leo urges governments to slow AI development, warns of “new forms of slavery”
In his ~43K-word first encyclical, the pope made a range of appeals on AI and technology.
The Pope called for “robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users, and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility.”
Protections for children against hypersexualized AI images were also urged by the Pope.
The AI encyclical appeared influenced by Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling.
Apr. 29: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs reportedly met Vatican officials ahead of the AI encyclical.
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3. Anthropic says Claude Mythos found 10K+ critical vulnerabilities since Glasswing launch
Claude Mythos generated 23K+ findings, with ~1.7K confirmed valid by reviewers, Anthropic said:
1K+ open-source projects were scanned using Mythos Preview over the past few months.
Mythos Preview found 6.2K high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in those projects.
88 security advisories have been published since the launch of Project Glasswing, Anthropic said.
A $1.5M fraudulent wire transfer attempt was stopped after Mythos Preview detected an email compromise and spoofed calls, according to Anthropic.
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5. DeepSeek cuts V4 Pro API prices 75%, makes discount rates permanent
The V4 Pro price cut has placed the model alongside V4 Flash on the Intelligence Index vs. cost Pareto frontier:
