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🤖 The Pope Just Declared War on AI — And One of Its Creators Was in the Room
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- May 31, 2026
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Summary
This week in AI, the Vatican dropped a 40,000-word bombshell — and who was seated next to Pope Leo XIV when he called AI one of humanity's greatest threats will make your jaw drop. Meanwhile, Microsoft just blew up the developer community with a major pricing change to GitHub Copilot, and the backlash has been fierce. Tech layoffs in 2026 are already on pace to rival all of last year, with companies like ClickUp slashing nearly a quarter of their workforce and replacing workers with AI agents. A new term is circulating in executive circles — 'AI psychosis' — and the argument behind it is more damning than it sounds. On the infrastructure side, a single investment just announced in Europe is being described as civilization-scale AI buildout. Investigators also uncovered a disturbing network of fake AI-generated social media influencers engineered to manipulate viewers through emotional deception. Meta is quietly developing a wearable AI device that could change how we interact with artificial intelligence entirely. And a beloved artist is now fighting Amazon over an animated series built on her character — made with AI — without her consent. The line between AI as a tool and AI as a threat has never felt thinner. Subscribe to Daily Inference: dailyinference.com Love AI? Check out our other AI tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio