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A post shared on Instagram purports the British newspaper The Telegraph reported on a tweet from Pope Francis suggesting artificial intelligence (AI) is a “means of communicating to God.” Verdict: False The tweet is digitally…

Pope Francis made several bold statements about abortion, including that going to a doctor for an abortion, could be compared to hiring a hitman, during a Disney+ special in Rome with a group of young adults.The series titled “The Pope:…

Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for…

It was a cold wind that blew through St. Peter's Square at the Vatican over the weekend, but that didn't deter Pope Francis from taking a stroll outside to greet the faithful, as he often does. When images appeared online showing…

Generative AI – including large language models such as GPT-4, and image generators such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion – is advancing in a “storm of hype and fright”, as some commentators have observed.Recent advances in…

Pope Francis showing improvement, Vatican says…

Pope Francis has been cleared by doctors for discharge on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had pizza one evening with medical staff and baptized a baby in…

A photo shared on Facebook allegedly shows Pope Francis in an oversized white puffer coat.  Verdict: False  The image is not a genuine photo of Pope Francis, but instead was created by artificial intelligence. Fact Check: Pope Francis has…

Midjourney may have built too good of a product before being ready to handle the consequences of what happens when people use it. As reported by The Washington Post, the company has stopped giving out free trials to new users,…

Pope Francis’s health is improving after he was hospitalized for a respiratory infection Wednesday, the Vatican said Thursday. Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news service, reported that Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said…