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.Pope Leo XIV at the presentation of his first encyclical letter, “Magnifica Humanitas,” at the Vatican on Monday. In it, he outlined his desire to pro
The American pope wants to take artificial intelligence down a notch. Is he challenging the tech companies, or will tech take over the papacy?
Leo XIV issued his thoughts about artificial intelligence in the modern world using a centuries-old form of papal communication called an encyclical.Pope Leo has made artificial intelligence a central theme of his first year as pontiff.
President Trump had sought to force Tehran to accept American demands for a peace deal with a mixture of threats and military operations.For weeks, the Trump administration pursued a diplomatic agreement rather than returning to war in Iran.
An agreement to reopen the waterway would be followed by a complicated process of navigating a backlog of vessels stranded for nearly three months.Companies will need to know how their ships will be prioritized if passage through the Strait of Hormuz is restored.
The diplomatic agreements normalized relations between Israel and several Arab countries. Now, as part of the peace talks with Iran, Mr. Trump wants other states to join.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, far left, and President Trump with the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Ar
Republican officials said they have talked to Tom Kean Jr., who has been absent from Congress for weeks. His office said Mr. Kean will eventually explain his absence.Although Republican officials have now reported hearing his voice, Tom Kean Jr.’s whereabouts for now remain a mystery.
“The stupid stuff is killing our chances,” said a retiring Republican senator.President Donald Trump.
Saikat Chakrabarti, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s former chief of staff, is running in San Francisco to succeed Representative Nancy Pelosi, whom Mr. Chakrabarti irked with an incendiary tweet seven years ago.Saikat Chakrabarti is a Democratic candidate in the San Francisco district of Representative N
Democratic leaders accused Maureen Galindo of antisemitism and are trying to stop her from winning the party’s primary in a contested U.S. House district.Maureen Galindo is a progressive with little political experience.
The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it visible.The founders of the United States wanted a powerful chief executive, but one that was restrained in the use of that power.
We’re all going to die. But first — just one more trick.At a time when people are lonely and disconnected, the Costco I skate at is a place where a bunch of 40- and 50-year-olds gather around low-stakes terrain, reconnecting.
For years, courts have welcomed cases brought by self-represented litigants. Now those plaintiffs have A.I., and their filings are consuming more and more bandwidth.Donald Sauve works on stacks of legal documents as part of a pro se legal filing at a coffee shop in Mora, Minn.
Little is left of Kostiantynivka, a city on the front lines. Rescuers risk their lives to ferry out the few who remain.
A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said.A colored transmission electron micrograph of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, particles.
The group of friends had used the same corner on the Upper West Side to unwind for years. By the end of the night, two people would be dead after a speeding S.U.V. drove into a crowd.A memorial for Jason Negron and Michael Saint-Hilaire, two friends who were killed when a car drove onto a sidewalk i
The U.S. oil blockade has left millions without cooking gas. In Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of the Cuban revolution, apartment tower residents resort to charcoal and firewood.Outside one of five 18 story apartment towers in Santiago de Cuba this month.
Waymo has been an object of frustration to some in California. For visually impaired people, it can also bring a rare feeling of independence.
The deadly virus has spread alarmingly in Congo for months. Only now is the response taking shape.Disinfecting the public market on Saturday in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast, as part of the response to the Ebola virus’s resurgence.
Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.
In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.Robin Philippo, the managing director of the Tropical Research and Conservation Center, installing an artificial reef structure near Pom Pom Island in Malaysia.
If you happen to be near a body of water (salt, fresh, chlorinated or otherwise), here are the books you’ll need.
A calendar quirk brings more days of lemonade, glamping and difficult-to-open beach umbrellas to 2026.Hot time. Summer in the city.
From the Hamptons to Majorca, here are six getaways that invite you to eat, drink, lounge and enjoy idyllic surroundings.
