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1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. [Galatians 5:1, ESV]

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• 🇺🇸 Musk's xAI announces $200 million contract with Pentagon

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• 💫 Christian Business Spotlight

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Elon Musk's xAI has secured a contract worth up to $200 million with the U.S. Department of Defense, the company announced Monday. The move is a part of the Pentagon's adoption of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to address national security challenges.

As part of that goal, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, which sets AI standards for the Defense Department, also announced awards Monday to Anthropic, Google and OpenAI.

"This allows every federal government department, agency, or office, to access xAI's frontier AI products," the company said. Its flagship AI model, Grok, also launched a suite of products available to the U.S. government. Read more 

AI News

• 🇨🇳 Nvidia will resume China chip sales after months of regulatory whiplash (link)

• 👐 Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing (link)

• 🧬 MIT News: New AI system uncovers hidden cell subtypes, boosts precision medicine (link)

• 🎮️ Maybe Xbox should take a break from using AI (link)

• ⚠️ Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots (link)

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Listen or read the following transcript as Richard Belcher provides an in-depth analysis of the first 32 chapters of Ezekiel. He emphasizes God’s messages of judgment and restoration. Belcher focuses on Ezekiel’s role as a prophet during challenging times, the symbolic acts he performed, and the visions he received, which illustrated the consequences of Israel’s disobedience and the hope of eventual redemption.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

AI Tools

• 🔄 Kimi K2: Deploy autonomous AI agents for coding workflows (link)

• 📈 Token Radar: Identify top-performing tokens and market trends (link)

• 👨‍💻 AutoCoder: Automate full-stack application development through conversational coding (link)

• 🐋 Beluga: Christian sermon and lecture transcripts, translations and more (link)

• 🌐 Snov: Sales engagement on autopilot - we reach, you seal the deal (link)

• 🧰 Google Workspace: A suite of online productivity and collaboration tools designed for businesses and organizations (link)