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5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. [2 Corinthians 4:5-6, ESV]

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• 🇨🇳 AI avatars in China proved they are better influencers, raking in more than $7 million in 7 hours

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BEIJING — Avatars generated by artificial intelligence are now able to sell more than real people can, according to a collaboration between Chinese tech company Baidu and a popular livestreamer.

Luo Yonghao, one of China’s earliest and most popular livestreamers, and his co-host Xiao Mu both used digital versions of themselves to interact with viewers in real time for well over six hours on Sunday on Baidu’s e-commerce livestreaming platform “Youxuan”, the Chinese tech company said. The session raked in 55 million yuan ($7.65 million).

In comparison, Luo’s first livestream attempt on Youxuan last month, which lasted just over four hours, saw fewer orders for consumer electronics, food and other key products, Baidu said. Read more 

AI News

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• 🙌 Robots that feel heat, pain, and pressure? This new “skin” makes it possible (link)

• ❌ OpenAI drops Scale AI as a data provider following Meta deal (link)

• 🌅 California is trying to regulate its AI giants — again (link)

• ✝️ Pope Leo makes AI’s threat to humanity a signature issue (link)

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Listen or read the following transcript as Mark Bates delves into the nature of sin. He emphasizes its pervasive and unrestrained qualities, and how these aspects manifest in the world as described in Genesis.

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