IM 872: Infinite Jeffs - Why the Pope's AI Manifesto Matters

This Week in Google (Audio) by Leo Laporte

May 27, 20262:32:25Society & Culture

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh...

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