Five families [have filed] wrongful-death lawsuits against OpenAI in recent months, alleging that the world’s most popular chatbot had encouraged their loved ones to kill themselves. A sixth suit filed this month alleges that ChatGPT led a man to kill his mother before taking his own life. (Tiku & Schaul,The Washington Post)
Read MoreThis year, the church laid to rest Christian leaders whose names were sullied by scandal and those whose persevering faithfulness will echo long after their death. Those whose public ministry mingled precariously with personal politics and those who stood against the majority to champion the voiceless. Their families and loved ones, churches and communities, miss them deeply. (Christianity Today)
Read MoreThere are several factors at play in this year’s meme slowdown, one major element being that the feeds where people go to tune into funny videos are now being inundated with gravely unfunny AI slop. (Sommer, InsideHook)
Read MoreFor years, artificial intelligence was a disruption on the horizon. In 2025 it arrived in tangible ways, big and small. Here are a few examples of how A.I. intersected with pop culture in 2025. (Abrams, The New York Times)
Read MoreWith a seemingly endless flood of social media content, creators and AI warnings, 2025 emerged as a year of skepticism and spectacle…. Leading the charge in their respective corners of the internet and weaving their personal experiences with their brands, here are RNS’ picks for the top movers and shakers in the online faith sphere in 2025. (Karmarkar & Murphy, Religion News Service)
Read MoreRemembering what happened yesterday, much less at the start of the year, could prove difficult. So, a recap might be in order. In an effort to remind you of some of those big moments, we've rounded them up and recapped them. See some of the moments that perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 2025. (Encinas, USA Today)
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