Technology

Throughout history, the good news of Jesus Christ has been communicated using tools such as letters, the printing press, radio, television, email and social media. Now, there is virtual reality.

LOS ANGELES (BP) – A court case over social media’s addictive properties is the first in a series in the coming months, fueling discussions over technology’s proper place in society and parental responsibilities for hedging its influence.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Less than two years ago, AI struggled to do basic math. Now, top engineers are handing off most of their coding to it. AI chatbots are creating themselves. They even have their own social network.

NASHVILLE (BP) – James’ interactions with ChatGPT started innocently. He used it like a search engine at first, then began asking the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot “creative, philosophical and quasi-spiritual” questions, he said. The answers seemed life-like, so the upstate New York resident became convinced ChatGPT was alive – and it had to be freed from its cyber captivity.

The proliferation of non-peer reviewed information together with advancements in Artificial Intelligence has propelled us from an age of information to an age of disinformation. 

EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – For the fourth time in the last six years, Isaiah 41:10 was the most downloaded Scripture of the year on the YouVersion family of Bible apps, which according to its founder has been installed on 1 billion devices nationwide.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The latest edition of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) podcast focuses on the topic of artificial Intelligence (AI). The two-part series covers what Southern Baptists should know about AI and examines the ways that AI is shaping humanity.

We are shaped and formed by our loves and affections. They inform what we think is important and what we value. As Augustine reminds us, our loves drive us toward a trajectory of worship.1 We worship what we love, and we live based on what we love. But, you and I know that because of the Fall, we have to be supernaturally directed by God to rightly order our worship and our loves.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released a new practical guide for churches on the topic of ministry in the age of artificial intelligence.

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.