EXPLAINER: Understanding the White House AI Action Plan
On July 23, the White House released its “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” initiated by a January executive order from President Trump. The action plan unveils a three-pillared approach outlining how to harness the economic and military benefits of AI and establish the United States as the global AI leader.
Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media — for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 15) refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern.
Scopes trial propelled Christians toward scientific engagement, professors say
NASHVILLE (BP) – Growing up in New Mexico, Jeremy Blaschke had never even heard of the Scopes Monkey Trial that took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925.
SBC DIGEST: Holman to release women’s notetaking Bible; Hundreds attend Va. church tech conference
Revive Our Hearts, Holman Bibles partner in Bible designed for notetaking; One-day church tech conference draws from several states.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS Spurgeon sermons, AI panel; SBTS Gheens Lecture
Vol. 2 of Spurgeon’s sermons released through MBTS partnership; MBTS panel considers churches’ use of technology; Sean McDowell says ‘God is back’ at SBTS lecture.
AI ripe for worship music planning, budget, admin help, most Christians say
BOULDER, Colo. (BP) – Artificial intelligence could organize worship music sets, plan church budgets and perform administrative tasks as well as or better than humans, half or more of Christians said in new research from Barna Group and Gloo.
Most Americans see no moral, spiritual good in AI, State of the Bible finds
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Most Americans don’t see a moral or spiritual benefit to artificial intelligence (AI), the American Bible Society (ABS) said May 9 in the latest release from its 2024 State of the Bible.
Peachtree Publishing, B&H among its clients, celebrates 1 billion Bibles
CHICAGO (BP) – When Jan Gibbs began proofreading Bibles 14 years ago for Peachtree Publishing Services, which celebrated in December the distribution of a billion copies of its works, she first had to learn to draw lines.
Most Christians don’t want churches to use AI, Barna research finds
VENTURA, Calif. (BP) – Christians have less confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) than non-Christians, especially when it comes to AI use by churches, Barna Group researchers found in a study conducted in partnership with Gloo.
Paying for X (Twitter)? Churches, pastors consider the cost
NASHVILLE (BP) — When it comes to X (formerly Twitter), church leaders may soon get the opportunity to truly take it or leave it.
