Slightly more than half of U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) report the average worship service attendance at their church has increased by at least 4% since 2023, according to a Lifeway Research study sponsored by the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. (Earls, Lifeway)
Read MoreAcross Silicon Valley and beyond, software developers, entrepreneurs and other tech enthusiasts are now running A.I. agents that can build spreadsheets, negotiate contracts, chat with each other on social networks and send emails to practically anyone. (Metz, The New York Times)
Read MoreApproximately 85 U.S. citizens [are] missing after a flood of mud swept through villages in the border area last week, killing over 1,000 people and leaving around 4,000 missing. Many of the U.S. citizens who were there at the time were Indian-Americans making their way to Mount Kailash, according to family members and companies that organize tours. (Kowsmann, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreTwenty-seven percent of Americans turn to AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini with personal, emotional or social queries, according to a new poll from researchers at Elon University in collaboration with The Washington Post. That category included seeking entertainment, relationship advice, romantic chats, or connection when alone. (De Vynck & Merrill, The Washington Post)
Read MoreProtestant pastors register the greatest distrust in artificial intelligence (AI) interpreting “contested” Scriptures, Barna said in its latest State of the Church release in partnership with Gloo, but few pastors would abandon the technology altogether. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreFrom sports to politics and even reality TV, superstitious explanations for negative events still hold remarkable power over us. (Stanford, The Telegraph)
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