Vatican

From PopeGPT to the Pentagon: All Eyes on Gen AI Oversight
From PopeGPT to the Pentagon: All Eyes on Gen AI Oversight
August 14, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds seemingly unlimited potential to impact nearly all areas of human activity across personal, professional and social life, as well as politics and...

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Vatican’s Art, Content to be Housed in VR and NFT Gallery
Vatican’s Art, Content to be Housed in VR and NFT Gallery
May 02, 2022  |  NFTs

Metaverse developer Sensorium has partnered with the Humanity 2.0 Foundation to develop a virtual reality (VR) and nonfungible token (NFT) gallery hosting the Vatican’s art,...

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IBM, Vatican and Microsoft Team Up On AI, Facial Tech Regulation
IBM, Vatican and Microsoft Team Up On AI, Facial Tech Regulation
February 28, 2020  |  Biometrics

Microsoft and IBM have teamed up with the Vatican to call for ethical and responsible use and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition technology,...

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Police Raid Prompts Pope To Appoint New Vatican Financial Head
Police Raid Prompts Pope To Appoint New Vatican Financial Head
November 27, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

On the heels of a Vatican banking scandal and subsequent police raid, Pope Francis appointed senior Bank of Italy official Carmelo Barbagallo, 63, to head...

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Security Research Firm Finds Vulnerability In Vatican’s ‘eRosary’
Security Research Firm Finds Vulnerability In Vatican’s ‘eRosary’
October 22, 2019  |  Safety and Security

A major security flaw has been discovered in the Vatican’s eRosary smart device. Last week, the Vatican announced the launch of its Click to Pray...

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Smart Rosary Beads And Other Ways Churches Are Building Their Digital Flock
Smart Rosary Beads And Other Ways Churches Are Building Their Digital Flock
October 18, 2019  |  Internet of Things

According to data released by Pew this week, America’s churches have an attendance problem. In a telephone survey conducted between this year and last, Pew found...

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Microsoft President, Pope Talk AI
Microsoft President, Pope Talk AI
February 14, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith and Pope Francis met for 30 minutes on Wednesday (Feb. 13) to discuss “artificial intelligence [AI] at the...

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Pope Calls On Hackers To Hack For Good
Pope Calls On Hackers To Hack For Good
March 09, 2018  |  Safety and Security

Computer hackers are traveling to the Vatican at the request of Pope Francis, who wants them to participate in a computer programming marathon to help...

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Ex-Vatican Bank President, Lawyer Charged With Embezzlement
Ex-Vatican Bank President, Lawyer Charged With Embezzlement
March 05, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Angelo Caloia, the former president of the Vatican bank (also known as the IOR), and his Italian lawyer, Gabriele Liuzzo, have been indicted by prosecutors...

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