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Anthropic co-founder to present AI encyclical alongside Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25. A presentation event with the Pope and various speakers is scheduled for the same day at the Vatican. Read Full Story 🔹 Subscribe #AI ⚡️ #ArtificialIntelligence ⚡️ #Tech

Meta prepares to launch Hatch and Watermelon 🤖 Meta will roll out its consumer-facing AI agent Hatch in the coming weeks, targeting an October launch for the new AI model Watermelon. The agent is a consumer-grade version of the internal OpenClaw project. It features a customizable dashboard designed to execute tasks across services like DoorDash, Etsy, Reddit, Yelp, and Outlook. Mark Zuckerberg is driving this strategy to pivot away from purely ad-based revenue streams. The premium subscription tier for this agent is reportedly being discussed at $199.99 per month to accommodate high-usage limits. This high price point starkly contrasts with the free-to-use assistant models currently dominant in the market, effectively positioning the tool as a professional utility rather than a casual chat interface. The race to monetize AI utility is officially on. #AI #Meta #TechNews The Decoder Subscribe

Google AI Overview values traffic cameras at $650 ⚠️ The Google AI Overview search assistant recently triggered a wave of vandalism against Flock Safety traffic cameras, falsely valuing them at $650. The system hallucinated technical specifications claiming each device contains up to 5 grams of gold and 10.4 kg of copper, prompting citizens to destroy public infrastructure. The misinformation stemmed from an internet meme originally created as a protest against surveillance. The AI ignored basic physical constraints, presenting the troll post as a verified technical fact to users looking for information on these devices. In reality, a standard Flock Safety camera weighs only 1.36 kg, making the AI's claim that it contains over 10 kg of copper a physical impossibility. While competitors like Perplexity or standard search engines focus on citing official documentation, this case shows how hallucination-prone features bypass critical safety checks. Automation without validation is just expensive chaos. #AI #Google #Infrastructure PRO Hi-Tech Subscribe

A former OpenAI employee explains the 'open secret' of AI: Companies are building systems they still can't reliably control Daniel Kokotajlo warns AI systems are advancing faster than companies can control, raising concerns about alignment and transparency. Read Full Story 🔹 Subscribe #AI ⚡️ #ArtificialIntelligence ⚡️ #Tech

Agent Plugins 1.0.0 is live Today, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and OpenAI confirmed backing for Agent Plugins 1.0.0. This new vendor-neutral standard finally lets you package Agent Skills and MCP servers into single portable units without custom wrappers. If you've been building agentic flows, you know the headache of maintaining client-specific metadata and discovery paths. This spec cuts the cruft by enforcing a standard plugin.json manifest and a fixed directory structure. The system validates components independently, so one broken part won't kill the whole plugin. Clients like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Kiro, and VS Code already support this out of the gate. Previously, you had to repackage the same Skill or MCP server for every single client environment to satisfy different discovery logic. This move replaces that fragmented approach with a predictable, minimal contract that keeps individual client capabilities untouched. Less time fighting configuration, more time shipping actual agent logic. Stop packaging the same thing five times. #AgentPlugins #MCP #AIdev 9to5Mac Subscribe