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Pope, urging AI regulation, warns some weapons now beyond human control

First US pope warns autonomous weapons may be beyond human control at Vatican AI event Pope Leo XIV prepares to speak during the presentation of “Magnifica humanitas”, his first encyclical, focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, at the Vatican’s Aula Nuova del Sinodo, May 25, 2026. REUTERS Pope Leo urged governments to slow down … Read more

China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

China has sent astronauts to its space station nearly a dozen times amid a growing US-China lunar race Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying, who is the first astronaut from Hong Kong, wave during a see-off ceremony before taking part in the Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission to China’s Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite … Read more