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3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, (Colossians 1:3-6, ESV)

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• ❌ GOP’s calls for Charlie Kirk social media crackdown hit roadblocks

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Charlie Kirk’s assassination earlier this month spurred rare calls from the right for more content moderation measures on social media. At least two Republican lawmakers backed calls for social media platforms to remove graphic videos of the shooting, another called for lifetime bans for users who celebrated Kirk’s death, while a senior Trump administration official suggested an end to anonymous accounts.

“Clearly, we need a change in direction on some of these issues,” Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said at the Politico Tech and AI Summit on Tuesday. However, he cautioned against government-mandated censorship, pointing to the Biden administration’s efforts to remove COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic — a longtime GOP bugbear. Read more

AI News

• 🤔 When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette (link)

• 🏪 China opens bodega entirely run by robot (link)

• 🏈 Tom Brady joins wellness company Aescape, bringing his longevity protocols to massage robots (link)

• 🥷 OpenAI trains AI not to deceive users, realizes it’s instead teaching it how to deceive them while covering its tracks (link)

• 🎙️ Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Dick Lucas’s sermon on Romans 8 explores the profound truths of this pivotal chapter, focusing on themes such as life in the Spirit, the assurance of salvation, and the hope of future glory. He delves into how believers are freed from condemnation, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and secure in God’s love, emphasizing the transformative power of the gospel in the lives of Christians.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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