Anthropic staff sought advice on how to steer Claude’s moral and spiritual development as the chatbot reacts to complex and unpredictable ethical queries, participants said. The wide-ranging discussions also covered how the chatbot should respond to users who are grieving loved ones and whether Claude could be considered a “child of God.” (De Vynck & Tiku, The Washington Post)
Read MoreWhen Pope Leo XIV embarks on Monday on a 10-day tour of Africa, he will visit a continent that both represents the demographic future of the Roman Catholic Church and bears some of its deepest ideological fault lines. (Rich, The New York Times)
Read MoreOverall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at least one book in the past 12 months, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in October 2025. While book reading is widespread, the survey also shows that participation in book clubs is much less common. (Bishop, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreEvangelical giving has stabilized after several years of significant decline, but almost no one gives a biblical tithe to the church, a new study from Grey Matter Research and Infinity Concepts found. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreA Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center analysis of more than 4 million cancer cases across 12 states shows unmarried adults, especially men, have significantly higher rates of several cancers, underscoring the role of social factors in cancer risk. (Dzombak, Miami Miller School of Medicine)
Read MoreOverall, nearly 126,000 babies were born to mothers ages 15 to 19, according to the analysis of provisional data. The birth rate for that age group was 11.7 births per 1,000 females. By contrast, the teen birth rate in 1991 was 61.8 births per 1,000. (Simons-Duffin, NPR)
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