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Nikkei Asia:
Huawei says it aims to make 1.4nm chips by 2031 using its “LogicFolding” tech, which is based on its new Tau Scaling Law intended to bypass Moore's Law limits  —  TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies on Monday said it has found a new way to design chips to bring its semiconductor capabilities close …
New York Times:
Pope Leo XIV presents Magnifica humanitas, his encyclical on AI, calling for AI regulation, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more  —  The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.
Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains  —  Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday …
Washington Post:
A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling  —  In “Magnifica humanitas,” he fires a broadside against AI companies, warning of the technology's dangers in the same way Pope Francis did about climate change.
Océane Herrero / Politico:
Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical  —  As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has reached $1B in lifetime funding; it remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date  —  Cloud Imperium Games marked a major milestone Sunday (May 24) as the game developer's open world massively multiplayer online space game …
@bookwormengr:
A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem  —  Have you ever wondered, how DeepSeek may make money, and lot of it?  They didn't come up with competitive coding plans like GLM, MoonShot and MiniMax.
New York Times:
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets  —  Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.

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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises

Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is overhauling its dues model so that fees are based on news stations' broadcast reach rather than donor revenues and projects dues will fall 15% to 18%

Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Some right-wing news influencers are using Meta's Ray-Ban sunglasses as a recording tool that unwilling subjects may not be aware of, leading to tension

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