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Of interest to some of us. A webinar on Feb 7, 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Pacific), "Can AI Have a Soul? What Theology, Psychiatry, and Science Fiction Say". Organizers add, "No charge for ITEST members, clergy, seminarians, women and men religious."

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Lessons from Faith for a Future of AI Abundance #53 - AI and Faith In this episode, we dive deeply into the AI abundance philosophy. We spend time with our guests Brian Sigmon and Dr. David Zvi Kalman, imagining how good things could possiblyRead More

This AI and Faith Podcast episode dives deeply into the AI abundance philosophy. Our guests Brian Sigmon and Dr. David Zvi Kalman imagine how good things could possibly get with AI, and how to ensure that this abundance benefits humanity as a whole.
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Bangladesh sends record 750,000 workers to Saudi Arabia in 2025 DHAKA: Bangladesh sent over 750,000 workers to Saudi Arabia in 2025, marking the highest overseas deployment to a single country on record, its labor bureau said on Friday. Around 3.5 million Banglade...

Around 3.5 million Bangladeshis live and work in Saudi Arabia, and are [now] the largest expatriate group in the Kingdom.

www.arabnews.com/node/2628084...

That Went Well At the Dispute Resolution Center where I now work, all mediations are confidential and privileged. However, we’re allowed to use anonymized anecdotes for educational purposes. In that spirit...

“The problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” -- E.O. Wilson quote found by Kate Gace Walton and shared in her Substack
(kategace.substack.com/p/that-went-...).

Will You Help Us Move Strong into 2026 with our Vital Mission? - AI and Faith We are all watching the already enormous wave of AI-driven change accelerate to ever higher and greater proportions. Meaning our mission at AI&F since 2018 – to bring deep faithRead More

Our mission to bring deep faith values of the world’s major religions into the global debate on AI, and educate faith leaders and tech creators has never been more important. Your financial gift now can magnify the vital work of our community in 2026
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AI and Faith November Newsletter Welcome to the November 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Environment.

Read the November 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Environment. We share articles on this topic and more, including recent workshops by AI and Faith members and a piece from our new executive director, Greg Cootsona.

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(1/4) The Lausanne Movement Insights for Global Horizons and Trends regularly publishes Briefings, which are short, forward-looking pieces designed to help global mission leaders engage with emerging trends shaping the future of the world and the Church.
lausanne.org/global-analy...

Thoughts for Christians Building LLM Standards and Benchmarks - AI and Faith Building and deploying LLMs for spiritual applications is a challenging endeavor that requires careful consideration and ethical benchmarks

Building and deploying LLMs for spiritual applications is a challenging endeavor that requires careful consideration and testing. In this piece, AI&F senior editor Marcus Schwarting considers the challenges in building religious and ethical benchmarks.

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That’s a definite possibility.

A new project aims to predict how quickly AI will progress Superforecasters weigh in on the subject

By 2040, a consensus of experts expects AI to be as important to this century as electricity or the car were to the previous one—8 on a 10-point scale measuring the impact of different inventions.
economist.com/science-and-...

YouTube video by World Evangelical Alliance WEA General Assembly Monday 27th October

A livestream of proceedings of the WEA Global General Assembly in Seoul is available at: youtu.be/A8ZiFEFDHhY.

AI's New Bottleneck Isn't Intelligence. It's Power, Governance, and How You Rewire Work. Forget model size. The new variables are inference budgets per task, power availability for compute, and measurable outcomes: hours returned and revenue started.

Review and summary by Analyst Stephen Smith of the new 300-page “2025 State of AI Report”:
www.smithstephen.com/p/ais-new-bo...

Download the “2025 State of AI Report”: www.stateof.ai

New ERLC guide urges faithful, cautious approach to Artificial Intelligence Emphasizing Spiritual Maturity Over Technological ShortcutsThe Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention has released a new guide, titled "The Work of Our Hands...

I like to catch various church’s takes on AI Read Faith On View’s review of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) new AI guide, titled "The Work of Our Hands: Christian Ministry in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."
www.faithonview.com/new-erlc-gui...

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The Bible Access Initiative, founded by Open Doors International and Digital Bible Society, has released the findings of its 2025 "Bible Access List".
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AI and Faith September Newsletter Welcome to the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics.

Read the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics. We share articles on this topic, including perspectives on AI for medicine and mental health, podcast episodes, and more.

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AI and Faith September Newsletter Welcome to the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics.

Read the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics. We share articles on this topic, including perspectives on AI for medicine and mental health, podcast episodes, and more. 
mailchi.mp/aiandfaith/s...

Major study on "How people use ChatGPT.” National Bureau of Labor Statistics assessed 700M users, found usage mostly for non-work-related requests (and now over 52% women). Get report here: www.nber.org/system/files...

Major topics found in chatGPT:

Faith's answer to AI: The Sabbath (RNS) — AI bears the marks of a relentless capitalism at odds with the biblical value of rest.

Religion News coverage of the four Mainline denominations’ Faithful Futures conference on AI. This article is a more philosophical dive into the topics we attempted to address.
religionnews.com/2025/09/05/f...

The planning team for “Faithful Futures: Guiding AI with Wisdom and Witness” is poised to receive our 80 participants from four denominations at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis (and 280+ participating virtually) for four days of AI discernment. #faithfulfutures

We are so pleased with this choice! Welcome, Greg!

The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss.

[The Atlantic] The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier: The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss. By Matteo Wong
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Opinion | I’m a Therapist. ChatGPT Is Eerily Effective.

[NYTimes] Especially for the older among us, I found this NY Times piece by a senior clinical psychologist hopeful in how rich he discovered his AI chat to be.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...

[HBR] “AI can be a powerful tool for all leaders facing complex decisions, especially those that must be made collaboratively.” Example provided regarding housing. hbr.org/2025/08/how-...

For all I’ve traveled, this is a new one for me: a dog-reserved seat, as seen on the seating chart for Korean Air’s Incheon to Seattle flight. Two more dog-designated seats are near the rear of the plane.

Meeting and Discipling Beyond ‘Brick-and-Mortar Church’ The Official Magazine of the Christian Reformed Church

Meeting and Discipling Beyond the ‘Brick-and-Mortar Church’ | The Banner | The Christian Reformed Church innovates into the online church world.

www.thebanner.org/news/2025/07...

Perplexity Comet Review: My Assistant Is Now a Web Browser 💻🕸️ How Perplexity's Comet web browser became my new book research assistant

The future of interacting with AI tools is clearly headed into the browser. See Joanna Stern's description of what that looks like:
joannastern.beehiiv.com/p/my-assista...

The Substack AI Report We asked 2,000 Substack publishers how they’re using and thinking about AI. Here’s what we found.

From a survey of 2,000 Substack publishers:
• Those 45 and over were more likely to use AI than those under 45.
• Men reported higher adoption than women (55% vs. 38%).
•Women were more likely to express concerns about using AI than men (67% vs. 47%).

open.substack.com/pub/on/p/the...

Here's where you can find the most meaning: | Dr. Arthur Brooks Here's where you can find the most meaning: 1. Falling in love. 2. Seeking transcendence. 3. Finding your calling and serving other people. 4. Experiencing beauty, nature, and art. 5. To experience a...

David Brooks: “Here's where you can find the most meaning:
1. Falling in love.
2. Seeking transcendence.
3. Finding your calling and serving other people.
4. Experiencing beauty, nature, and art.
5. To experience and embrace your suffering.”

www.linkedin.com/posts/arthur...

[Brookings] Regional US AI strength across the three AI success pillars (talent, innovation, and adoption) in Q1, 2025 by job postings.
www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

The Christian network called “Missional AI” held its conference in London this week (see missional.ai). Here are a few interesting take aways from one who attended, Sam Peckham.